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Title: William Stewart to John Brown, 15 December 1865
Date: December 15, 1865
Whitman Archive ID: nar.00060
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Attorney General's Office,
December 15, 1865.
To Mr. John Brown,
Louisville, Ky.
Sir:
I am directed by the Attorney General to acknowledge the receipt of yours of the 12th inst. relative to the discharge of Hospital Steward Francis M. Cleaver from the U. S. Army, - and to say that the same has been referred to the Secretary of War, who alone can act in the premises.
Very respectfully,
Wm. Stewart,
Chief Clerk.