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Benjamin Helm Bristow to Columbus Delano, 19 September 1871

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  • Title: Benjamin Helm Bristow to Columbus Delano, 19 September 1871
  • Date: September 19, 1871
  • Creator(s): Benjamin Helm Bristow | Walt Whitman
  • Whitman Archive ID: nar.03351
  • 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 John Schwaninger Anthony Dreesen Nima Najafi Kianfar
  • Cite this page: Bristow, Benjamin Helm and Walt Whitman. "Benjamin Helm Bristow to Columbus Delano, 19 September 1871." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 25 April 2024. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
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Sept. 19, 1871. Hon. C. Delano, Secretary of the Interior Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 18th inst. relative to frauds practised by certain parties upon Indians and their lands in Michigan—and, in reply, to inform you that I have this day instructed the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan to at once proceed against the parties engaged in such frauds, and endeavor, to the full extent of his powers, to bring them to justice. Very respectfully, B. H. Bristow, Solicitor Gen'l, & Acting Attorney Gen'l.
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