Benjamin Helm Bristow to J. W. Douglass, 22 December 1870

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Title: Benjamin Helm Bristow to J. W. Douglass, 22 December 1870
Date: December 22, 1870
Creator(s): Benjamin Helm Bristow | Walt Whitman
Whitman Archive ID: nar.01571
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Cite this page: Bristow, Benjamin Helm and Walt Whitman. "Benjamin Helm Bristow to J. W. Douglass, 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. J. W. Douglass, Acting Comm'r Internal Revenue. Sir: Your letter of the 20th instant, enclosing a copy of a letter from District Attorney Hazelton, in relation to forwarding the mandates in certain cases, mentioned, has been received; and I have to-day written to Mr. Hazelton that I shall move that the mandates be issued as soon as the rules of the Court will allow. Very respectfully, B. H. Bristow, Solicitor General, and Acting Attorney General.

certain Sup. Ct. mandates