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This resignation is accepted; and the Attorney General will please send me immediately an appointment of Joshua Tevis, to fill the vacancy. A. LINCOLN
May 8. 1863.
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[1] AES, DNA GE RG 60, Papers of Attorney General, Segregated Lincoln Material. Lincoln's endorsement is written on a letter of resignation from U.S. District Attorney Thomas E. Bramlette of Kentucky, May 4, 1863. Bramlette had accepted the nomination of the Union Central Committee as candidate for governor of Kentucky. Joshua Tevis of Louisville was appointed.