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Title: William Stewart to Darius H. Starbuck, 22 August 1865
Date: August 22, 1865
Whitman Archive ID: nar.00045
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Attorney General's Office.
August 22, 1865.
Darius U. Starbuck, Esq.
Salem, North Carolina.
Sir:
I am directed by the Attorney General to transmit herewith a Commission appointing you to be U. S. Attorney for the District of North Carolina; and to request that you will send, along with a copy of your official oath, a statement of the place of your birth for the Biennial Register.
I am sir, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant
Wm Stewart
Chief Clerk.
[Commission sent with above.]