MF1323.1197 Reel 39_0356

California J164 H. 151 Dept. Interior May 8, '63

Returns letter from Mrs. F. A. Hanson, and states the views in office report of the 7th inst. accompanying the same and [sendered?] in

See letter to Mrs. F. A. Hanson May 9 1863

[ink stamp] RECEVED AT THE MAY 9 1863 INDIAN BUREAU

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Return to Judge Steel

Department of the Interior Washington D. C. May 8th 1863

Sir,

I return, herewith, the letter of Mrs. Hanson, received with yours of the 7th inst, and, concur with you, that her husband's salary - as Superintendent of Indian Affairs, California - cannot be appropriated, to her use, in the absence of law authorizing it, without his consent.

Very respectfully, Your Obt. Servant J. P. Usher Secretary

Wm. P. Dole, Esq's Commr. of Indn. Affairs