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Title: James Speed to William H. Seward, 21 August 1865
Date: August 21, 1865
Whitman Archive ID: nar.00041
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Attorney General's Office.
August 21, 1865.
Hon. Wm. H. Seward,
Secretary of State.
Sir:
I am directed by the President to request that you cause a Commission to be issued to John K. Goodloe, to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
I am sir, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
James Speed
Attorney General.