Henry Stanbery to Hugh McCulloch, 5 November 1867

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Title: Henry Stanbery to Hugh McCulloch, 5 November 1867
Date: November 5, 1867
Creator(s): Henry Stanbery | Walt Whitman
Whitman Archive ID: nar.00274
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Cite this page: Stanbery, Henry and Walt Whitman. "Henry Stanbery to Hugh McCulloch, 5 November 1867." 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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November 5, 1867. Hon. Hugh McCulloch, Secretary of the Treasury. Sir: In the matter of G. B. Lamar's papers, it appears that they were originally brought to the seat of Government in charge of the War Department, from which they were transferred to the Treasury Department, and upon a reference recently but informally made, the box containing them was unnecessarily brought to the Attorney General's office. I have just received your letter of the 1st instant, in which you enclose a copy of that of the Secretary of War