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Title: Benjamin Helm Bristow to E. D. Townsend, 12 October 1871
Date: October 12, 1871
Whitman Archive ID: nar.03383
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Oct. 12, 1871.
Gen. E. D. Townsend,
Adjutant General U.S. A.
Sir:
I hand you herewith a telegram addressed to the Attorney General at Yorkville, S. C., which I will thank you to have sent to him in cipher as soon as possible.
Very respectfully,
B. H. Bristow, Solicitor Gen'l
& Acting Attorney Gen'l.
send telegram to Atty Gen'l