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James Speed to Matthew Hopkins, 14 August 1865

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  • Title: James Speed to Matthew Hopkins, 14 August 1865
  • Date: August 14, 1865
  • Creator(s): James Speed | Walt Whitman
  • Whitman Archive ID: nar.00034
  • 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 Matthew Hopkins, 14 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.00034.xml (TEI)

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Attorney General's Office. August 14, 1865. Mr. Matthew Hopkins, Austin, Texas. Sir: The Secretary of the Interior has referred to this Department your letter of the 7th July. I am glad to learn that the records of the Federal Court for the Western District of Texas are in your hands. It is needless for me to suggest to you the propriety and importance of their being carefully preserved. Whether you still hold the office of clerk, or not, is a judicial question about which it would be useless, if not improper, for me to express an opinion. I am, sir, yours respectfully James Speed Attorney General
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