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Title: J. Hubley Ashton to E. C. Carrington, 27 September 1866
Date: September 27, 1866
Whitman Archive ID: nar.00114
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Sept. 27, 1866.
To
E. C. Carrington, Esq.
U. S. Attorney, Washington.
Sir:
I enclose a petition addressed by French Forrest to the President, relative to a proceeding pending in this District against certain property claimed by him. You will please make a full report of the present status of the case, giving all the proceedings that have been had in it. Please return the enclosed letter.
Very respectfully, &c &c
J. Hubley Ashton,
Assistant Atty Gen.