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Title: Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar to J. D. Cox, 12 April 1869
Date: April 12, 1869
Whitman Archive ID: nar.00870
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April 12, 1869.
Hon. J. D. Cox,
Secretary of the Interior.
Sir:
In reply to your letter of the 19th inst. touching the question of the eligibility of Gen. E. S. Parker, to the office of Chief of a Bureau of your Department, I have the honor to state that, on the facts presented, I do not perceive that he is disqualified from holding such office, under the Constitution and laws of the United States.
I am sir, with great respect,
Your obedient servant,
E. R. Hoar,
Attorney General.
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