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Title: Benjamin Helm Bristow to J. A. Creswell, 3 November 1871
Date: November 3, 1871
Whitman Archive ID: nar.03442
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Nov. 3, 1871.
Hon. J. A. Creswell,
Postmaster General.
Sir:
I have the honor to enclose herewith for your information a copy of a letter addressed to this Department under date of the 27th ultimo, by A. H. Horton, Esq. the Attorney of the U.S. for the District of Kansas, relative to the case of J. C. Crosby, mail robber, and late Postmaster at Abilene, Kansas, which was the subject of your communication to me of the 26th ultimo
Very respectfully,
B. H. Bristow, Solicitor Gen'l,
& Acting Attorney Gen'l.
case of J. C. Crosby mail-robber
Kansas