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Title: John M. Binckley to Lyman Trumbull, 21 January 1868
Date: January 21, 1868
Whitman Archive ID: nar.00407
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January 21, 1868.
Hon. Lyman Trumbull,
Chairman Judiciary Committee,
Senate United States
Sir:
The District Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas having addressed the Attorney General in a letter in which he states what he supposes to be good reasons against abolishing the said judicial District, it is deemed proper to furnish you with a copy of them, which please find herewith.
Respectfully,
your obedient servant,
John M. Binckley,
Assistant Attorney Gen'l.