Benjamin Helm Bristow to E. D. Townsend, 18 October 1871

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Title: Benjamin Helm Bristow to E. D. Townsend, 18 October 1871
Date: October 18, 1871
Creator(s): Benjamin Helm Bristow | Walt Whitman
Whitman Archive ID: nar.03403
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Cite this page: Bristow, Benjamin Helm and Walt Whitman. "Benjamin Helm Bristow to E. D. Townsend, 18 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. 18, 1871. Gen. E. D. Townsend, Adjutant General U.S. A. Sir: I hand you herewith a dispatch addressed to the Attorney General at Yorkville, S. C., which I will thank you to have transmitted to him in cipher with as little delay as possible. Very respectfully, &c. B. H. Bristow, Solicitor General, & Acting Attorney General.

send Tel. to the Att'y Gen'l