William Stewart to Darius H. Starbuck, 22 August 1865

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Title: William Stewart to Darius H. Starbuck, 22 August 1865
Date: August 22, 1865
Creator(s): William Stewart | Walt Whitman
Whitman Archive ID: nar.00045
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Cite this page: Stewart, William and Walt Whitman. "William Stewart to Darius H. Starbuck, 22 August 1865." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 25 April 2024. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
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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.]