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Title: Benjamin Helm Bristow to Hamilton Fish, 27 October 1871
Date: October 27, 1871
Whitman Archive ID: nar.03426
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Oct. 27, 1871.
Hon. Hamilton Fish,
Secretary of State.
Sir:
I am directed by the President to request you to issue a commission appointing George C. Bates, Esq. to be Attorney of the U.S. for Utah Territory, in place of J. H. Wickizer, who has declined his appointment.
Very respectfully,
B. H. Bristow, Solicitor General
& Acting Attorney General.
Commission