James Speed to Cuthbert Bullitt, 22 August 1865

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Title: James Speed to Cuthbert Bullitt, 22 August 1865
Date: August 22, 1865
Creator(s): James Speed | Walt Whitman
Whitman Archive ID: nar.00044
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Cite this page: Speed, James and Walt Whitman. "James Speed to Cuthbert Bullitt, 22 August 1865." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 14 October 2024. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
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Attorney General's Office. August 22, 1865. Cuthbert Bullitt, Esq. U. S. Marshal, East. Dist. Louisiana New Orleans. Sir: Your application for a leave of absence has been referred to me by the Secretary of the Interior for my action. And you are hereby authorized to be absent from your District until the first day of October next. Very respectfully, James Speed Attorney General.