J. Hubley Ashton to Thomas J. Drake, 3 August 1868

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Title: J. Hubley Ashton to Thomas J. Drake, 3 August 1868
Date: August 3, 1868
Creator(s): J. Hubley Ashton | Walt Whitman
Whitman Archive ID: nar.00620
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August 3, 1868. Hon. Thomas J. Drake, Asso. Just. Supreme Court, Utah T. Sir: In accordance with your application, you are hereby granted leave of absence from the Territory for sixty days, to commence upon the arrival in the Territory of the Hon. C. C. Wilson, the recently confirmed Chief Justice. Very respectfully yours, J. Hubley Ashton, Acting Attorney General.