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Title: Benjamin Helm Bristow to E. D. Townsend, 21 October 1871
Date: October 21, 1871
Whitman Archive ID: nar.03412
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Oct. 21, 1871.
Gen. E. D. Townsend,
Adjutant General.
Sir:
I hand you herewith a telegram addressed to the Attorney General at Yorkville, S. C. Will you please transmit it in cipher as soon as possible?
Very respectfully,
B. H. Bristow, Solicitor General
Acting Attorney General.
send tel.