William Stewart to Lawrence Weldon, 17 July 1865

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Title: William Stewart to Lawrence Weldon, 17 July 1865
Date: July 17, 1865
Creator(s): William Stewart | Walt Whitman
Whitman Archive ID: nar.00006
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Cite this page: Stewart, William and Walt Whitman. "William Stewart to Lawrence Weldon, 17 July 1865." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 09 May 2025. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
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Attorney General's Office, Washington, July 17, 1865. Lawrence Weldon, Esq. U. S. Attorney, S. Dist. Illinois, Springfield, Ill. Sir: I am directed by the Att'y General to transmit herewith a Commission appointing you Attorney of the United States for the Southern District of Illinois; and to request that you will send to this Office, along with a copy of your official oath, a statement of the place of your birth, for the Biennial register. I am Sir very respectfully, Your obedient serv't Wm Stewart, Chief Clerk.