Title: James Speed to William H. Seward, 8 August 1865
Date: August 8, 1865
Whitman Archive ID: nar.00020
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Attorney General's Office.
August 8, 1865.
Secretary of State.
Sir:
The Provisional Governor of Georgia cannot appoint officers to administer the amnesty oath.
I am sir most respectfully,
Your obedient servant
James Speed
Attorney General