War Department, clerk's copy of Jefferson Davis' response to third auditor report, 1856

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War Department, clerk's copy of Jefferson Davis' response to third auditor report, 1856


Third Auditor Sept. 3rd / 56 - Submits report
two letters of the California War Debt Commissioners; as to whether
interest will be paid on Bonds beyond January 1st 1854 and
whether or not Bonds issued in 1854 & 1855 are included in the
Acts of August 5th 1854 and August 18th 1856

I concur in the view of the 3rd Auditor as to the date to
which interest may be calculated, and entertain no doubt as
to the inapplicability of the appropriation to bonds issued
after the date of the appropriation act of August 5th 1854
as it provided only for expenses which had been incurred
prior to the 1st January 1854 in the suppression of Indian
hostilities within the state of California.

Should the appropriation be inadequate to meet
the obligations for which it was provided, then it will of
course be necessary to pay pro-rata
(signed) Jefferson Davis,
Secretary of War

War Department
. Sept. 4 1856



Writer

Jefferson Davis
Date written
1856-09-04
Paper
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black
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Penmanship Style
back hand
legal writing
File name
Davis, Jefferson 18xx-001-001-001

Clerk from War Department backhand 1856.jpg