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Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar to C. M. Alexander, 30 April 1869

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  • Title: Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar to C. M. Alexander, 30 April 1869
  • Date: April 30, 1869
  • Creator(s): Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar | Walt Whitman
  • Whitman Archive ID: nar.00889
  • Source: National Archives and Records Administration. Transcribed from digital images or a microfilm reproduction of the original item. For a description of the editorial rationale behind our treatment of the manuscripts, see our statement of editorial policy.
  • Contributors to digital file: Elizabeth Lorang John Schwaninger Nima Najafi Kianfar Kevin McMullen
  • Cite this page: Hoar, Ebenezer Rockwood and Walt Whitman. "Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar to C. M. Alexander, 30 April 1869." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 09 May 2025. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
  • Source File: nar.00889.xml (TEI)

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April 30, 1869. Col. C. M. Alexander, Postmaster, Washington, D. C. Sir: I desire to notify you that Walbridge A. Field has been appointed Assistant Attorney General in the place of Mr. J. Hubley Ashton, resigned, in order that you may give such directions as will enable him to avail himself of the franking privilege according to law. Very Resp. yours, E. R. Hoar, Attorney General
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