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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.]


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