James Speed to Hugh McCulloch, 24 August 1865

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Title: James Speed to Hugh McCulloch, 24 August 1865
Date: August 24, 1865
Creator(s): James Speed | Walt Whitman
Whitman Archive ID: nar.00049
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Cite this page: Speed, James and Walt Whitman. "James Speed to Hugh McCulloch, 24 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 24, 1865. Hon. Hugh McCulloch, Secretary of the Treasury. Sir: I have the honor to request that you will issue a warrant on the treasurer of the United States, in favor of S. M. McKean, Esq. Disbursing Clerk, for the sum of Two thousand and fifty eight dollars, ($2058.97.) and ninety-seven cents; and charge the same to the appropriations indicated below. I am sir, very respectfully, Your obedient servant, James Speed Attorney General.

Appropriation for Salaries.

Salary of Att'y Gen'l, for August 1865.	$673.91
" Ass't " " " " "	$294.84.
" Clerks and Messengers " "	1091.22
	$2059.97