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Benjamin Helm Bristow to William R. Thrall, 20 December 1870

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  • Title: Benjamin Helm Bristow to William R. Thrall, 20 December 1870
  • Date: December 20, 1870
  • Creator(s): Benjamin Helm Bristow | Walt Whitman
  • Whitman Archive ID: nar.01558
  • 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 Joshua Ware John Schwaninger Nima Najafi Kianfar
  • Cite this page: Bristow, Benjamin Helm and Walt Whitman. "Benjamin Helm Bristow to William R. Thrall, 20 December 1870." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 09 May 2025. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
  • Source File: nar.01558.xml (TEI)

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December 20, 1870. Wm. R. Thrall, Esq. Columbus, Ohio. Sir: A letter has this day been received from Mr. Hickenlooper, the present U. S. Marshal of the Southern District of Ohio, requesting that you be instructed to take possession of the office on the first day of January next. You are accordingly requested to qualify for that office, to which you have been lately appointed, and enter upon the discharge of its duties at the time above mentioned. Very respectfully, &c. B. H. Bristow, Solicitor Gen'l and Acting Attorney General.
qualify as U. S. marshal &c.
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