Cardwell acknowledges receipt of Kennedy’s despatch reporting Kennedy’s appointment of Wood as Acting Attorney General.
No. 53
28th October 1864
Sir,
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your Despatch No. 61
of the 24th of August, and to convey to you my approval of the
provisional appointment which you have made of Mr. Thomas L. Wood to be
Acting AttorneyGeneral General in the room of Mr. Cary resigned.
I have the honor to be
Sir
Your obedient servant Edward Cardwell