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Title: Benjamin Helm Bristow to Samuel H. Treat, Jr., 25 October 1871
Date: October 25, 1871
Whitman Archive ID: nar.02533
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Oct. 25, 1871.
Hon. Samuel H. Treat, Jr.
U. S. District Judge,
Springfield, Illinois.
Sir:
I have the honor to enclose herewith a commission appointing Edward R. Poe, Esq. as Marshal of the U. S. for the Southern District of Illinois.
I will thank you to hand the commission to Mr. Poe, when he shall have taken the oath, and given bond, as required by law.
Very respectfully,
B. H. Bristow, Solicitor Gen'l
& Acting Attorney Gen'l.
Commission