Benjamin Helm Bristow to J. W. Douglass, 18 September 1871

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Title: Benjamin Helm Bristow to J. W. Douglass, 18 September 1871
Date: September 18, 1871
Creator(s): Benjamin Helm Bristow | Walt Whitman
Whitman Archive ID: nar.03347
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Cite this page: Bristow, Benjamin Helm and Walt Whitman. "Benjamin Helm Bristow to J. W. Douglass, 18 September 1871." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 23 April 2024. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
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Sept. 18, 1871. Hon. J. W. Douglass, Commissioner of Internal Revenue. Sir: In the absence of the Attorney General, I enclose herewith a copy of a telegram to him from his friend, J. W. H. Underwood, of Georgia, relative to the memorial of Catheren and Maguire. Very respectfully, B. H. Bristow, Solicitor Gen'l & Acting Attorney Gen'l.

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