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Benjamin Helm Bristow to John Pool, 2 October 1871

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  • Title: Benjamin Helm Bristow to John Pool, 2 October 1871
  • Date: October 2, 1871
  • Creator(s): Benjamin Helm Bristow | Walt Whitman
  • Whitman Archive ID: nar.03364
  • 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 John Schwaninger Anthony Dreesen
  • Cite this page: Bristow, Benjamin Helm and Walt Whitman. "Benjamin Helm Bristow to John Pool, 2 October 1871." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 23 April 2024. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
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Oct. 2, 1871. Hon. John Pool, U.S. Senator, Washington, D. C. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt, through your references, of the telegraphic dispatch of J. G. Nester, dated the 1st instant, relative to an attempt to suspend judgment in Ku Klux cases in North Carolina, and to transmit herewith a copy of a letter of instructions of this date from this Department to the U.S. Attorney for the District of North Carolina upon this subject. Very respectfully, &c. B. H. Bristow, Solicitor Gen'l, & Acting Attorney Gen'l.
Ku Klux cases
N. C.
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