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Title: John M. Binckley to Benjamin B. Andrews, 23 June 1868
Date: June 23, 1868
Whitman Archive ID: nar.00578
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June 23, 1868
B. B. Andrews, Esq.
Jacksonville, Florida.
Sir:
Your letter of the 19th instant respecting the appointment of yourself by the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, as his substitute while absent from his District, will this day be referred to the Secretary of the Interior, to whom, under the statute authorizing appointments of this character, the consideration of the subject appropriately belongs.
Very respectfully, your obedient serv't.
John M. Binckley,
Assistant Attorney General.