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Title: Benjamin Helm Bristow to A. B. Williams, 30 September 1871
Date: September 30, 1871
Whitman Archive ID: nar.02494
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Sept. 30, 1871.
A. B. Williams, Esq.
Washington, D. C.
Sir:
You are hereby appointed special assistant to the District Attorney of the U. S. for the District of Columbia for 30 days at a compensation of $300.
You will take, and file in this Department, the oath required by law of District Attorneys.
Very respectfully,
B. H. Bristow, Solicitor Gen'l.
and Acting Attorney Gen'l.
app't'mt D. C.