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Title: W. A. Field to George S. Boutwell, 5 May 1869
Date: May 5, 1869
Whitman Archive ID: nar.00901
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May 5th, 1869.
Hon. Geo. S. Boutwell,
Secretary of the Treasury.
Sir:
I have the honor to request that you will issue a warrant on the Treasurer of the United States in favor of Bushrod Birch, Esq. Disbursing Clerk, Treasury Department, for the sum of Fifteen hundred dollars, ($1500:00,) and charge the same to the appropriation for the purchase of Law and other necessary books for this Office.
Very Resp. Sir, &c. &c.
W. A. Field,
Act'g Attorney General.