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Matthew F. Pleasants to Wilmot W. Brookings, 11 January 1870

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  • Title: Matthew F. Pleasants to Wilmot W. Brookings, 11 January 1870
  • Date: January 11, 1870
  • Creator(s): Matthew F. Pleasants | Walt Whitman
  • Whitman Archive ID: nar.01153
  • 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 Vanessa Steinroetter John Schwaninger Nima Najafi Kianfar
  • Cite this page: Pleasants, Matthew F. and Walt Whitman. "Matthew F. Pleasants to Wilmot W. Brookings, 11 January 1870." 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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January 11, 1870. Hon. W. W. Brookings, Associate Justice, &c. Yankton, Dakota Terr. Sir: The Attorney General directs me to say that you are hereby granted leave of absence for thirty days from February 1, 1870, in accordance with your request of the 3d instant. I am further directed to say that this leave is allowed you to enable you to attend to your private business, the Attorney General considering it no part of your duty to attend to "business pertaining to the interest of the Territory," outside of your Judicial district. Very respectfully, M. F. Pleasants, Ch.' Cl'k.
Leave of absence 30 days
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