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Benjamin Helm Bristow to Columbus Delano, 16 October 1871

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  • Title: Benjamin Helm Bristow to Columbus Delano, 16 October 1871
  • Date: October 16, 1871
  • Creator(s): Benjamin Helm Bristow | Walt Whitman
  • Whitman Archive ID: nar.03402
  • 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 Joshua Ware John Schwaninger Nima Najafi Kianfar
  • Cite this page: Bristow, Benjamin Helm and Walt Whitman. "Benjamin Helm Bristow to Columbus Delano, 16 October 1871." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 19 April 2024. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
  • Source File: nar.03402.xml (TEI)

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Oct. 16, 1871. Hon. Columbus Delano, Adjutant General U.S. A. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 14th instant, enclosing a copy of a letter addressed to you by the Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs, relative to the arrest of Ah-co-ne-macy, head chief of the Monomonee tribe of Indians, charged with murder—And in reply I have to inform you that instructions have been sent to the Attorney of the United States for the Eastern District of Wisconsin to appear in the State Court to defend said Indian, as requested by you. Very respectfully, B. H. Bristow, Solicitor General, & Acting Attorney General.
Indian Chief murder case
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