Autograph letter signed : Washington, to the Attorney General, 1879 Dec. 9.

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Autograph letter signed : Washington, to the Attorney General, 1879 Dec. 9.

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Recommending William H, Cornell as United States MArshal for the Eastern District of Missouri.

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