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Title: J. Hubley Ashton to D. B. Eaton, 29 October 1866

Date: October 29, 1866

Whitman Archive ID: nar.00161

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Oct. 29, 1866

To

D. B. Eaton, Esq.

Counsellor, &c. N. Y. City.

Sir:

I enclose a copy of a letter relative to the steamer "Pearl." If you feel free to consent to the sale of the vessel, I will thank you to transmit such a consent to the U. S. Dist. Attorney at Key Wast, Fla.

Yours respectfully,

J. Hubley Ashton

Ass't. Att'y. Gen.


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