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James Speed to Robert Murray, 9 August 1865

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  • Title: James Speed to Robert Murray, 9 August 1865
  • Date: August 9, 1865
  • Creator(s): James Speed | Walt Whitman
  • Whitman Archive ID: nar.00022
  • Source: National Archives and Records Administration. Transcribed from digital images or a microfilm reproduction of the original item. For a description of the editorial rationale behind our treatment of the manuscripts, see our statement of editorial policy.
  • Contributors to digital file: Elizabeth Lorang John Schwaninger Nima Najafi Kianfar Kevin McMullen
  • Cite this page: Speed, James and Walt Whitman. "James Speed to Robert Murray, 9 August 1865." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 09 May 2025. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
  • Source File: nar.00022.xml (TEI)

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Attorney General's Office. August 9, 1865. Robert Murray, Esq. U. S. Marshal, Southern Dist. N. Y. New York City. Sir: Your letter of the 7th instant to his Excellency the President, has been referred by him to me for action and answer. And in reply thereto, I hereby grant you leave of absence from the 20th inst. to the 20th October, 1865. I am sir, very respectfully, James Speed, Attorney General.
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