James Speed to William H. Seward, 19 August 1865

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Title: James Speed to William H. Seward, 19 August 1865
Date: August 19, 1865
Creator(s): James Speed | Walt Whitman
Whitman Archive ID: nar.00040
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Cite this page: Speed, James and Walt Whitman. "James Speed to William H. Seward, 19 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 19, 1865. Hon. W. H. Seward, Secretary of State. Sir: I am directed by the President to request that you cause Commissions to be issued to the persons, and for the offices hereafter respectively named, viz: George W. Brooks, to be Judge of the U. S. District Court, for the District of North Carolina, Darius H. Starbuck to be Attorney of the United States, for the District of North Carolina—And—Daniel R. Goodloe to be Marshal of the United States for the District of North Carolina. I am sir very respectfully Your obedient servant, James Speed Attorney General.