Benjamin Helm Bristow to William W. Belknap, 22 December 1870

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Title: Benjamin Helm Bristow to William W. Belknap, 22 December 1870
Date: December 22, 1870
Creator(s): Benjamin Helm Bristow | Walt Whitman
Whitman Archive ID: nar.01564
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Cite this page: Bristow, Benjamin Helm and Walt Whitman. "Benjamin Helm Bristow to William W. Belknap, 22 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 22, 1870. Hon. Wm. W. Belknap, Secretary of War. Sir: I have received your letter with the accompanying papers, dated the 17th instant, and pursuant to your request have directed the U. S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi, to appear for, and defend, Second Lieutenant J. O. Shelby, 16th Infantry, in any action that may be brought against him for the part taken by him in recovering a mule belonging to the United States. Very respectfully, B. H. Bristow, Solicitor General, and Acting Attorney General.

defend Lt. Shelby