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Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar to Hamilton Fish, 26 July 1869

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  • Title: Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar to Hamilton Fish, 26 July 1869
  • Date: July 26, 1869
  • Creator(s): Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar | Walt Whitman
  • Whitman Archive ID: nar.00958
  • 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 Nima Najafi Kianfar Kevin McMullen John Schwaninger
  • Cite this page: Hoar, Ebenezer Rockwood and Walt Whitman. "Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar to Hamilton Fish, 26 July 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.00958.xml (TEI)

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July 26, 1869. Hon. Hamilton Fish, Secretary of State. Sir: I am directed by the President to request you to issue a commission appointing Archibald Sterling to be U. S. Attorney for the District of Maryland, in the place of Andrew S. Ridgely, resigned. Very Respectfully, &c E. R. Hoar, Attorney General.
Commission &c.
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