Henry Stanbery to Schuyler Colfax, 12 December 1867

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Title: Henry Stanbery to Schuyler Colfax, 12 December 1867
Date: December 12, 1867
Creator(s): Henry Stanbery | Walt Whitman
Whitman Archive ID: nar.00348
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December 12, 1867. Hon. S. Colfax, Speaker of House of Representatives Sir: In reply to the Resolution of the House of Representatives, passed December 11, 1867, I have the honor to state that "the aggregate amount of the twenty-percent allowance to the clerks and employés of this Department for the year ending Thirtieth June, 1867, under the Act of Congress authorizing the payment thereof " —was Thirty six hundred and twenty-two dollars and seventy two cents. ($36,22:72,) I am Sir, with great respect, your obedient serv't, Henry Stanbery, Attorney General.