Matthew F. Pleasants to Perry E. Brocchus, 2 June 1868

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Title: Matthew F. Pleasants to Perry E. Brocchus, 2 June 1868
Date: June 2, 1868
Creator(s): Matthew F. Pleasants | Walt Whitman
Whitman Archive ID: nar.00549
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June 2, 1868. Hon. Perry E. Brocchus, Associate Justice, Supreme Court, Santa Fé, N. Mex. Sir: I am directed by the Attorney Gen'l ad interim to say that your application for leave of absence from your post of duty for sixty days from the 1st of July next, is hereby granted. [Leave extended thirty days by letter of Aug 28, signed J. H.A.] Very respectfully yours M. F. Pleasants, Chief Clerk.