Matthew F. Pleasants to A. C. Richards, 31 January 1868

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Title: Matthew F. Pleasants to A. C. Richards, 31 January 1868
Date: January 31, 1868
Creator(s): Matthew F. Pleasants | Walt Whitman
Whitman Archive ID: nar.00418
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Cite this page: Pleasants, Matthew F. and Walt Whitman. "Matthew F. Pleasants to A. C. Richards, 31 January 1868." 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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January 31, 1868. Major A. C. Richards, Superintendent of Police, Washington, D. C. Sir: I am directed by the Attorney General to request that you will furnish this Office with a statement of the Justices of the Peace now in Commission, and acting as Magistrates in each ward of this city. An early reply will much oblige. Very respectfully, yours, M. F. Pleasants, Chief Clerk.

pp 73-74 seq.