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Benjamin Helm Bristow to Columbus Delano, 4 January 1871

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  • Title: Benjamin Helm Bristow to Columbus Delano, 4 January 1871
  • Date: January 4, 1871
  • Creator(s): Benjamin Helm Bristow | Walt Whitman
  • Whitman Archive ID: nar.01604
  • 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 Nima Najafi Kianfar Kevin McMullen John Schwaninger
  • Cite this page: Bristow, Benjamin Helm and Walt Whitman. "Benjamin Helm Bristow to Columbus Delano, 4 January 1871." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 09 May 2025. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
  • Source File: nar.01604.xml (TEI)

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January 4, 1871. Hon. C. Delano, Secretary of the Interior. Sir: I hereby return, with my approval of the adjudication of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, the papers in the matter of the suspended entry of certain lands at the Booneville office, Missouri, by Platt H. Cox, transmitted to the Attorney General by your letter of the 16th ultimo. I have the honor to be, &c. B. H. Bristow, Solicitor General, and acting Attorney General.
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