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Title: Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar to Ulysses S. Grant, 30 April 1869
Date: April 30, 1869
Whitman Archive ID: nar.00888
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April 30, 1869.
To the President.
Sir:
I have the honor to transmit to you the resignation of J. Hubley Ashton Esq. the first Assistant Attorney General—and to request that Walbridge A. Field may be appointed as his successor in the office.
Very Respectfully,
E. R. Hoar,
Attorney General.