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Orville Hickman Browning to Coles Bashford, 26 June 1868

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  • Title: Orville Hickman Browning to Coles Bashford, 26 June 1868
  • Date: June 26, 1868
  • Creator(s): Orville Hickman Browning | Walt Whitman
  • Whitman Archive ID: nar.00585
  • Source: National Archives and Records Administration. Transcribed from digital images or a microfilm reproduction of the original item. For a description of the editorial rationale behind our treatment of the manuscripts, see our statement of editorial policy.
  • Contributors to digital file: Elizabeth Lorang Nima Najafi Kianfar Kevin McMullen John Schwaninger
  • Cite this page: Browning, Orville Hickman and Walt Whitman. "Orville Hickman Browning to Coles Bashford, 26 June 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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June 26, 1868. Hon. C. Bashford House of Representatives. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of yesterday, referring to the vacancy existing in the office of District Attorney for the Territory of Arizona, and the difficulty of supplying it with a suitable person. In case of necessity, in the absence of any Attorney for the Territory duly appointed, and the interests of the government requiring it, Mr. Attorney General Cushing was of opinion that it is competent for the Territorial Court to appoint an Attorney prohacvice, (vide 6 Opin. Atty's Gen. p. 80.) Should this course be adopted by the Court in Arizona Territory under the same circumstances, it would meet with no objection here. Very respectfully, your obedient servant OH Browning​ Attorney Gen adinterim
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