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OFFICE INDIAN AFFAIRS
SOUTHERN DISTRICT, CALIFORNIA
San Francisco, July 28th 1863

Hon. [illegible] Dole,
Commissioner Indian Affairs
Washington, D. C.
Sir,
I had the honor
to acknowledge rec't [receipt] of your letter of the 21st January
1863, in answer to my letter of the 5th Dec 12,
submitting estimate for funds for the 1st quarter
1863, and am pleased to learn that a [Remission?]
for $9,713.50 has been issued in my favour - I
had also received a Tabular Statement of the
above together and, in my disbursing of the sums -
Permit me today in conclusion that the amt.
specified above is very limited for the purposes
intended, yet small as it is, (should the Treasury
Dept. [insist?] upon the payment of Legal tender at
the mint in San Francisco, it will be reduced
about one half [illegible] say $4,856.25 for the
payment of salaries, and other expenses for the
quarter ending March 31, 1863.
Very Respectfully,
Your Obt. Serve.
[?] Wentworth
Supt [?] of [?] Cal.