TEXAS INDIAN PAPERS, 1860-1916
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There was also appropriated by the last Congress, $127,000 in addition to the above for moneys expended by Texas since 1854. His Excellency desires to know the necessary steps to be taken in order to procure this money-whether certified copies of the vouchers on file in the Comptrollers office will be deemed suffient, the original being a portion of the archives of the office, and also whether Drafts upon the Collectors of the ports of New York and New Orleans can be obtained in amounts of $5000 and $10,000. His Excellency desires explicit instructicns at the hands of the War Department, that the collection of the mopey due Texas may not be delayed.
I have the honor to be Your Obedient Servt. E.W. CAVE Secretary of State
[Endorsed] Augt. 14, 1860 E.W. Cave Secy of State
To John B. Floyd Sec'y of War Recorded page 100
No. 32 CERTIFICATION OF COPIED LETTER BY E. W. CAVE State Department Austin Aug 15 1860
I, the undersigned Secretary State of the State of Texas, do hereby certify that the foregoing letter, from Cleme.nt R. Johns Comptroller to "Genl. Sam Houston, Governor" is a correct copy of the Original on file in the Department In testimony whereof I have hereto signed my name and affixed the seal of said Department, at Austin the day and year first above written. E. W. CAVE Secretary of State
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