Matthew F. Pleasants to A. F. Campbell, 27 September 1866

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Title: Matthew F. Pleasants to A. F. Campbell, 27 September 1866
Date: September 27, 1866
Creator(s): Matthew F. Pleasants | Walt Whitman
Whitman Archive ID: nar.00113
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Cite this page: Pleasants, Matthew F. and Walt Whitman. "Matthew F. Pleasants to A. F. Campbell, 27 September 1866." 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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Sept. 27, 1866. To A. F. Campbell, Esq. U. S. Marshal, Brooklyn, N. Y. Sir: I am directed by the Attorney General, in reply to your letter of the 25th inst. that your resignation of the office of U. S. Marshal for the Eastern District of New York, tendered on the 25th ult. & which had previously escaped his attention, is hereby accepted. Very respectfully, &c. M. F. Pleasants, Act'g. Ch'f. Clerk.