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Title: J. Hubley Ashton to William Hunter, 3 August 1865
Date: August 3, 1865
Whitman Archive ID: nar.00013
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Attorney General's Office.
August 3, 1865.
Sir:
I am directed by the President to request that you cause a commission to issue to Thos. G. Clayton, to be a Justice of the Peace in and for the county of Washington and District of Columbia.
I am sir, very respectfully
Your obedient servant,
J. Hubley Ashton,
Acting Attorney General.
Hon. Wm. Hunter,
Acting Secretary of State.