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Benjamin Helm Bristow to Columbus Delano, 25 September 1871

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  • Title: Benjamin Helm Bristow to Columbus Delano, 25 September 1871
  • Date: September 25, 1871
  • Creator(s): Benjamin Helm Bristow | Walt Whitman
  • Whitman Archive ID: nar.03358
  • 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, 25 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. 25, 1871. Hon. C. Delano, Secretary of the Interior. Sir: I have the honor to enclose herewith for your information, and for such suggestion as you may see fit to make, a copy of a letter addressed to this Department under date of the 20th instant by J. H. Standish, Esq. the Attorney of the U.S. for the Western Dist. of Michigan, relative to trespassers on certain lands in Michigan which have been withdrawn from market railroad purposes. Before this Department takes any action it would be pleased to have your suggestions relative to the same. Very respectfully, &c. B. H. Bristow, Solicitor Gen'l, & Acting Attorney Gen'l.
trespassers
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