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January 25th 1864
Ione City Cal

Hon A.P Usher
Secretary of the Interior

Dear Sir
As my expectations have been
Entirely disapointed in regard to getting my money as you said
that you would direct that Mr Steel should pay me on my
arrival here that I had paid out of my own private funds
last winter for the Indian Service whilst I was compeled to
or let the Indians perish during the winter and whilst
Superintendent Harrison had directed me to purchase on
the credit of the General Government but when I attempted to do
so I found it utterly impossible to buy one pound of any
thing in that way for there was no one that had any confidence
in Hanson. Therefore I had eitehr to become responsible my
self and paid to S.M Smith six hundred and fifty two
dollars 12/100 in gold I had to borrow two hundred and fifty
dollars to meet the payment on the first of april
at two percent per month it [illegible] three months Hanson
had agreed pay by the 1st of april last he failed I had
then to sell legal tender notes at sixty six cents to
the dollar to pay the amount the two hundred and fifty
cost per four hundred in legal tender notes I paid
J.B Owens seventy six dollars 08/100 for wheat and potatoes
Lawrence [Battail?] fifty one in gold for wheat Antonio
Leger twenty dollars for corn in gold also to James Meary