Benjamin Helm Bristow to Hamilton Fish, 24 December 1870

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Title: Benjamin Helm Bristow to Hamilton Fish, 24 December 1870
Date: December 24, 1870
Creator(s): Benjamin Helm Bristow | Walt Whitman
Whitman Archive ID: nar.01573
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Cite this page: Bristow, Benjamin Helm and Walt Whitman. "Benjamin Helm Bristow to Hamilton Fish, 24 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 24, 1870. Hon. Hamilton Fish, Secretary of State. Sir: I am directed by the President to request you to issue a Commission appointing Nathan Sargent to be a member of the Levy Court of the County of Washington, District of Columbia, agreeably to the enclosed Resolution of the Senate. Very respectfully, B. H. Bristow, Solicitor General, and Acting Attorney General.

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