J. Hubley Ashton to W. W. Peebles, 4 August 1865

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Title: J. Hubley Ashton to W. W. Peebles, 4 August 1865
Date: August 4, 1865
Creator(s): J. Hubley Ashton | Walt Whitman
Whitman Archive ID: nar.00018
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Cite this page: Ashton, J. Hubley and Walt Whitman. "J. Hubley Ashton to W. W. Peebles, 4 August 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 Gen'l's Office. August 4, 1865. W. W. Peebles, Esq. Jackson, N. C. Sir: In reply to your letter to the President, dated the 8th ult. I have to say that the officers to whom you refer are regarded as within the 1st Exception in the Proclamation. Very Resp'ct'lly, your obd't serv't, J. Hubley Ashton, Acting Att' Gen.