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Benjamin Helm Bristow to Adelbert Ames, 7 January 1871

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  • Title: Benjamin Helm Bristow to Adelbert Ames, 7 January 1871
  • Date: January 7, 1871
  • Creator(s): Benjamin Helm Bristow | Walt Whitman
  • Whitman Archive ID: nar.01609
  • 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 Adelbert Ames, 7 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 7, 1871. Hon. Adelbert Ames, U. S. Senate. Sir: Upon examination of the record in the Yerger case in the Supreme Court, no agreement of the character mentioned by you this morning has been discovered. It merely appears that the case was dismissed, by consent of the Attorney General. Very respectfully, &c. B. H. Bristow, Solicitor General, & acting Attorney General.
Yerger case.
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