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Title: William Stewart to Lawrence Weldon, 17 July 1865
Date: July 17, 1865
Whitman Archive ID: nar.00006
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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.