Benjamin Helm Bristow to George S. Boutwell, 20 December 1870

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Title: Benjamin Helm Bristow to George S. Boutwell, 20 December 1870
Date: December 20, 1870
Creator(s): Benjamin Helm Bristow | Walt Whitman
Whitman Archive ID: nar.01559
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Cite this page: Bristow, Benjamin Helm and Walt Whitman. "Benjamin Helm Bristow to George S. Boutwell, 20 December 1870." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 08 December 2024. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
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December 20, 1870. Hon. Geo. Boutwell, Secretary of the Treasury. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 19th inst., and to inform you that I have directed the Attorney of the U. S. at St. Louis to at once comply with the regulations of your Department by furnishing a list of the furniture now in his office, to the Surveyor of customs. Very respectfully &c B. H. Bristow, Solicitor General and Acting Attorney General.

letters &c. acknowledged