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... statement exhibiting the annual receipts and expenditures of this department from January 1 , 1831 , to June 30 , 1865. The results are as follows : Aggregate receipts ... Aggregate expenditures . Deficit ... $ 200 , 311 , 894 47 244 ...
... statement exhibiting the annual receipts and expenditures of this department from January 1 , 1831 , to June 30 , 1865. The results are as follows : Aggregate receipts ... Aggregate expenditures . Deficit ... $ 200 , 311 , 894 47 244 ...
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... statement annexed . The increased expenditure for bags , compared with previous years , was owing to the wants of the army and the increase of free and printed matter . The number of routes ordered into operation in States lately in ...
... statement annexed . The increased expenditure for bags , compared with previous years , was owing to the wants of the army and the increase of free and printed matter . The number of routes ordered into operation in States lately in ...
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... statement , under oath or affirmation , of its loss or destruction , and pro- eure from the postmaster by whom it was payable a certificate that the order has not and will not be paid . These requirements work a hardship to the party in ...
... statement , under oath or affirmation , of its loss or destruction , and pro- eure from the postmaster by whom it was payable a certificate that the order has not and will not be paid . These requirements work a hardship to the party in ...
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... statement is based on the letter delivery , no account being taken of the de- livery of papers , pamphlets , etc .; nor of the letters collected and mailed by the carriers , numbering almost as many as the letters delivered . 141 , 080 ...
... statement is based on the letter delivery , no account being taken of the de- livery of papers , pamphlets , etc .; nor of the letters collected and mailed by the carriers , numbering almost as many as the letters delivered . 141 , 080 ...
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... Statement exhibiting the expenditures of the Post Office Department , under their several appropriate heads , by quarters , for the fiscal year ended June 30 , 1865 . Expenditures . 3d quarter , 4th quarter , 1st quarter , 2d quarter ...
... Statement exhibiting the expenditures of the Post Office Department , under their several appropriate heads , by quarters , for the fiscal year ended June 30 , 1865 . Expenditures . 3d quarter , 4th quarter , 1st quarter , 2d quarter ...
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Page 617 - General: I received at a late hour your note of to-day. In mine of yesterday I did not intend to propose the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia, but to ask the terms of your proposition. To be frank, I do not think the emergency has arisen to call for the surrender of this army...
Page 17 - ... the preservation of the sacred fire of liberty, and the destiny of the republican model of government, are justly considered as deeply, perhaps as finally staked, on the experiment intrusted to the hands of the American people.
Page 318 - That no certificate shall be given or patent issued therefor until the expiration of five years from, the date of such entry ; and if, at the expiration of such time, or at any time within two years thereafter, the person making such entry ; or, if he be dead, his widow...
Page 607 - I shall, unless in your wisdom you deem some other course more expedient, deliver to the several State authorities all commissioned officers of the United States that may hereafter be captured by our forces in any of the States embraced in the proclamation, that they may be dealt with in accordance with the laws of those States providing for the punishment of criminals engaged in exciting servile insurrection.
Page 612 - Second, to hammer continuously against the armed force of the enemy and his resources, until by mere attrition, if in no other way, there should be nothing left to him but an equal submission with the loyal section of our common country to the Constitution and laws of the land.
Page 617 - I received your letter of this date containing the terms of the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia as proposed by you. As they are substantially the same as those expressed in your letter of the 8th inst., they are accepted. I will proceed to designate the proper officers to carry the stipulations into effect. RE LEE, General LIEUT.-GENERAL US GRANT.
Page 271 - SIR : -I have the honor to present the following report of the operations of the mint and its branches for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1865.
Page 296 - An Ordinance for ascertaining the mode of disposing of Lands in the Western Territory.
Page 617 - GENERAL : I received your note of this morning on the picketline, whither I had come to meet you and ascertain definitely what terms were embraced in your proposal of yesterday, with reference to the surrender of this army. I now ask an interview, in accordance with the offer contained in your letter of yesterday, for that purpose.
Page 612 - ... the army most vigorously pressed, and to furlough large numbers, during seasons of inactivity on our part, to go to their homes and do the work of producing for the support of their armies. It was a question whether our numerical strength and resources were not more than balanced by these disadvantages and the enemy's superior position.