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Title: James Speed to James Christian, 30 August 1865
Date: August 30, 1865
Whitman Archive ID: nar.00055
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Attorney General's Office,
August 30, 1865.
James Christian, Esq.
Lawrence, Kansas.
Sir:
Your letter of the 22d inst. tendering your resignation as U. S. Attorney for the Territory of Dakota, is received,- and your resignation is accepted; though I sincerely regret the existence of the circumstances that induced you to take this step.
I am sir, very respectfully,
your obedient servant,
James Speed
Attorney General.