James Speed to William Marvin, 14 August 1865

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Title: James Speed to William Marvin, 14 August 1865
Date: August 14, 1865
Creator(s): James Speed | Walt Whitman
Whitman Archive ID: nar.00037
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Cite this page: Speed, James and Walt Whitman. "James Speed to William Marvin, 14 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 General's Office. August 14, 1865. To the Provisional Governor of Florida. Sir: Many complaints have been made to this Department of a very serious character against the Marshal of the Northern District of Florida. Will you be good enough to make some inquiry about him, and let me know; - and also recommend the name of a man for his place, in case I should remove the present incumbent. A Mr. Lancaster has been named to me. He is a son of the late Judge Lancaster, who was personally known to you, as his son may be. I am, sir, respectfully, Yours, &c. James Speed Attorney General.