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Orville Hickman Browning to Andrew Johnson, 16 July 1868

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  • Title: Orville Hickman Browning to Andrew Johnson, 16 July 1868
  • Date: July 16, 1868
  • Creator(s): Orville Hickman Browning | Walt Whitman
  • Whitman Archive ID: nar.00604
  • 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 Kevin McMullen John Schwaninger Nima Najafi Kianfar
  • Cite this page: Browning, Orville Hickman and Walt Whitman. "Orville Hickman Browning to Andrew Johnson, 16 July 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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July 16, 1868. To the President. Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith the nomination of J. Rowan Boone to be United States Marshal for the District of Kentucky, in the place of William A. Merriwether, whose term of office has expired. This nomination is recommended by ex‑Governor Bramlette, General George H. Thomas, General F. P. Blair, Hon. N. W. Guthrie, General Wood, General Jeff. C. Davis, Hon. J. R. Hindman, Senator McCreery, and six members of the House of Representatives. Very respectfully, your obd't serv't, OH Browning, Attorney General ad interim
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