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Title: James Speed to William H. Seward, 10 August 1865
Date: August 10, 1865
Whitman Archive ID: nar.00028
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Attorney General's Office.
August 10, 1865.
Hon. Wm. H. Seward,
Secretary of state,
Sir:
I am directed by the President to request that you cause a Commission to issue to James Donaldson 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
James Speed
Attorney General.