Benjamin Helm Bristow to Hamilton Fish, 14 October 1871

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Title: Benjamin Helm Bristow to Hamilton Fish, 14 October 1871
Date: October 14, 1871
Creator(s): Benjamin Helm Bristow | Walt Whitman
Whitman Archive ID: nar.03395
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Cite this page: Bristow, Benjamin Helm and Walt Whitman. "Benjamin Helm Bristow to Hamilton Fish, 14 October 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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Oct. 14, 1871. Hon. Hamilton Fish, Secretary of State. Sir: I am directed by the President to request you to issue a commission appointing Edward R. Roe, Marshal of the United States for the Southern District of Illinois, in place of John R. Routt, resigned. Very respectfully, &c. B. H. Bristow, Solicitor Gen'l, & Acting Attorney Gen'l.