J. Hubley Ashton to John D. Defrees, 25 August 1868

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Title: J. Hubley Ashton to John D. Defrees, 25 August 1868
Date: August 25, 1868
Creator(s): J. Hubley Ashton | Walt Whitman
Whitman Archive ID: nar.00639
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Cite this page: Ashton, J. Hubley and Walt Whitman. "J. Hubley Ashton to John D. Defrees, 25 August 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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August 25, 1868. John D. Defrees, Esq. Superintendent Public Printing. Sir: You will please cause to be printed, for the use of this Office, two hundred, (200,) copies of a Circular letter of Instruction to United States Dist. Attorneys . . . a copy of which is herewith enclosed. Please send proof to this office immediately. Very respectfully &c. yours, J. Hubley Ashton, Acting Attorney General [copy of circular enclosed.]