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Benjamin Helm Bristow to Hamilton Fish, 24 October 1871

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  • Title: Benjamin Helm Bristow to Hamilton Fish, 24 October 1871
  • Date: October 24, 1871
  • Creator(s): Benjamin Helm Bristow | Walt Whitman
  • Whitman Archive ID: nar.03419
  • 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 John Schwaninger Anthony Dreesen Nima Najafi Kianfar
  • Cite this page: Bristow, Benjamin Helm and Walt Whitman. "Benjamin Helm Bristow to Hamilton Fish, 24 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. 24, 1871. Hon. Hamilton Fish, Secretary of State. Sir: I am directed by the President of the United States to request you to issue a commission appointing George Andrews Esq. to the office of Attorney of the U.S. for the Eastern District of Tennessee, in lieu of E. C. Camp, Esq., suspended, agreeably to the enclosed Executive order. Very respectfully, B. H. Bristow, Solicitor Gen'l & Acting Attorney Gen'l.
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