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Benjamin Helm Bristow to William W. Belknap, 5 January 1871

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  • Title: Benjamin Helm Bristow to William W. Belknap, 5 January 1871
  • Date: January 5, 1871
  • Creator(s): Benjamin Helm Bristow | Walt Whitman
  • Whitman Archive ID: nar.01597
  • 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 W. Belknap, 5 January 1871." 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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January 5, 1871. Hon. W. W. Belknap, Secretary of War. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 3d instant, relative to the case of J. F. Gardiner, a forage contractor, charged with perpetrating a fraud upon the United States—and to inform you that the Attorney of the United States for Maryland has been furnished with a copy of your letter, and the papers accompanying the same, and instructed to take the necessary action in the premises, to protect the interests of the Government. Very respectfully, &c. B. H. Bristow, Solicitor General, & acting Attorney General.
fraud on U. S. by J. F. Gardiner, Md.
see Ins. Book B. p. 5.
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