Benjamin Helm Bristow to Charles D. Drake, 16 December 1870

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Title: Benjamin Helm Bristow to Charles D. Drake, 16 December 1870
Date: December 16, 1870
Creator(s): Benjamin Helm Bristow | Walt Whitman
Whitman Archive ID: nar.01549
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December 16, 1870. Hon. Charles D. Drake, U. S. Senate. Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith your Commission for the office of Chief Justice of the Court of Claims. You will be pleased to send to this Department a copy of your official oath. Very respectfully, &c, B. H. Bristow, Solicitor General & Acting Attorney General.

Commission sent.