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war - And all the result of too blindly following the councils of one who is to be the Sole beneficiary of all there machinations - No. 2724 [1858?], L. SCHLESINGER, [LEON? NICARAGUA?] TO [M. B. LAMAR, MANAGUA? NICARAGUA?J 37 To illustrate the mode of dealing I relate to you occurrences I wit- nessed In the month of Decbr 1856 - the House of Balker advanced to the Government then under great necessities, a sum of money, to be repaid to him in orders of the Costumhouse for duties upon his own importation & as remumeration to admitt an Governmt indebtness to him, under the same privilege to the amount of about 6000 Dollars, after the arrangements were concluded and the money received by the Governemnt - the orders on the Costumhouse issued, next day a Decree of the Governmt appeared - to the effect: that considering the empoverished state of the treasury no orders issued on the Costum house will be taken in payment on the very day of issuing this Decree I was present at the Ministry - after they issued the Decree, they offered me in a payment of a small indebtedness an order on the Cos- tum house, which I declined Yours Louis Schlesinger No. 2725 [1858?, MIRABEAU BUONAPARTE LAMAR, MANAGUA? NICA- RAGUA?] TO -. Fragment of a letter upon frankness of speech and fair dealing. A. Df. 1 p. No. 2726 [1858?], LIST OF AIDES-DE-CAMP TO THE PRESIDENT [OF NICARAGUA?] DURING THE [WALKER-RIVAS?] WAR, WITH THEIR PRESENT POSITION OR PENSION 38 Wm. C. Witting Suptdt. of the Mint German German by birth. Salary - Dr. C. Hoffman German by birth receives pension of $50. pr mo for life for services in the war - J. A. Mendoza for a long time private Secty to Genl J. J. Mora now nomily [sic] in charge of National printing office Spaniard by birth salary - The above 3 persons were aid de Camps to the president during the war - & not at Virgen bay at time of entering the Costa Rica troops The party was commanded by Daniel Escalante at present Pay Mru,ter Genl [Endorsed in pencil] Memo. Names of aid de camp to President
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