J. Hubley Ashton to John D. Defrees, 28 August 1868

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Title: J. Hubley Ashton to John D. Defrees, 28 August 1868
Date: August 28, 1868
Creator(s): J. Hubley Ashton | Walt Whitman
Whitman Archive ID: nar.00643
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Cite this page: Ashton, J. Hubley and Walt Whitman. "J. Hubley Ashton to John D. Defrees, 28 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 28, 1868. John D. Defrees, Esq. Superintendent of Public Printing. Sir: You will please have bound immediately, in law style, for the use of this Office, the two accompanying volumes of the United States Statutes at Large. Very respectfully yours, J. Hubley Ashton, Act'g Attorney General.