Benjamin Helm Bristow to Willis Drummond, 13 October 1871

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Title: Benjamin Helm Bristow to Willis Drummond, 13 October 1871
Date: October 13, 1871
Creator(s): Benjamin Helm Bristow | Walt Whitman
Whitman Archive ID: nar.03390
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Cite this page: Bristow, Benjamin Helm and Walt Whitman. "Benjamin Helm Bristow to Willis Drummond, 13 October 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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Oct. 13, 1871. Hon. Willis Drummond, Acting Secretary of the Interior. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 12th instant, asking for a correct list of the names of the Judges, Marshals, Attorneys and Clerks of the Courts of the United States, and in reply have to inform you that an official register of this Department containing the information asked for, is in the hands of the printer, and as soon as it is finished, I will cause copies thereof to be furnished to you. I will also, as requested, cause you to be advised, from time to time, of any changes to be made in those offices. Very respectfully, B. H. Bristow, Solicitor Gen'l, & Acting Attorney Gen'l.

copies of Register.