Benjamin Helm Bristow to Barbour Lewis, 16 December 1870

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Title: Benjamin Helm Bristow to Barbour Lewis, 16 December 1870
Date: December 16, 1870
Creator(s): Benjamin Helm Bristow | Walt Whitman
Whitman Archive ID: nar.01552
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Cite this page: Bristow, Benjamin Helm and Walt Whitman. "Benjamin Helm Bristow to Barbour Lewis, 16 December 1870." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 09 May 2025. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
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December 16, 1870. Barbour Lewis, Esq. Memphis, Tenn. Sir: You are hereby appointed an assistant to the U. S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, during the present term of the U. S. Court with a compensation at the rate of Two hundred and fifty dollars per month. You will please transmit to this Department, a copy of your official oath. Very respectfully, B. H. Bristow Solicitor General, & Acting Attorney Gen'l.

Ass't U. S. Attorney W. Tenn.