Benjamin Helm Bristow to William W. Belknap, 29 September 1871

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Title: Benjamin Helm Bristow to William W. Belknap, 29 September 1871
Date: September 29, 1871
Creator(s): Benjamin Helm Bristow | Walt Whitman
Whitman Archive ID: nar.03360
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Cite this page: Bristow, Benjamin Helm and Walt Whitman. "Benjamin Helm Bristow to William W. Belknap, 29 September 1871." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 09 May 2025. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
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Sept. 29, 1871. Hon. W. W. Belknap, Secretary of War. Dear Sir: I have this morning received a dispatch from District Attorney Davis of New York in which he advises me that in his opinion the conviction of Hodge of a felony, by court martial, will not render him incompetent to testify against Polhamus and Jackson. Very resp'lly, B. H. Bristow, Solicitor Gen'l, & Acting Attorney Gen'l.

Hodge.