Benjamin Helm Bristow to Richard Busteed, 29 December 1870

About This Item

Title: Benjamin Helm Bristow to Richard Busteed, 29 December 1870
Date: December 29, 1870
Creator(s): Benjamin Helm Bristow | Walt Whitman
Whitman Archive ID: nar.01581
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 Richard Busteed, 29 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.01581.xml (TEI)

Image 1

December 29, 1870. Hon. Richard Busteed, District Judge United States, District of Alabama. Sir: I have the honor to enclose herewith a commission appointing Hiram Springfield to be Marshal of The United States in and for the Northern District of Alabama,—and to request that you will deliver it to him, when he shall have given the official bond, and taken the oath required by law. Very respectfully, &c. B. H. Bristow, Solicitor General, and acting Attorney General.

Commission of U. S. Marshal Springfield Alabama.