MF1323.1197 Reel 39_0809

California G 115 Gen [Greiersen?] & Co Millerton, Cal E Feb 10, '64

Enc. copy of their letter of 25th April last, and Late Supt Agt. Lewis' State ment [illegible] due [them?], and ask attention to the adjustment of their claims

See letter Mar 15, 1864

Millerton Cal/February 10th 1864

W P Dole Esq Com of Indian Affairs Dear Sir

Under Date of April 25th 1863 we wrote you a Letter the copy of which we enclose and asked you to be so kind to have the amounts due us forwarded to us, if you after examining the Vouchers &c found our claims correct. As we never have got an answer to that Letter we again take the liberty to address you, and ask you if possible to have our Claims examined and [set?] up to 2nd Auditor for Settlement. Mr M B Lewis late Sub Agent at Fresno Reservation Cal has given us a Copy of the amounts due us which we enclose. You will by this see, that there is due us for Goods sold to the Indian Depart the sum of $796.72. Besides this Sum there is due us a claim of $151.[10/100?] originally due W B Cummings but by him duly transferred to us. There is also due us the sum of $1058 33/100 being the amount due M B Lewis Esq for Salary from July 1st 1860 to March 15, 1861 inclusive, but by him duly transferred to us. The transfers of this 2 Claims we sent you last Year, and we hope you have received them

but if not, you would do us a great favo if you would inform us about it, so we could get new bills of Sale made out. We understand that Mr M B Lewis lately has sent some more explanations, so that in his opinion there cannot be any more doubt in regard to all the Claims, we trust that the Department will have our Claims examined as soon as possible, a we now have been out of the use of our money for about 4 Years. If it should please the Department to find aboe mentioned amounts or part of them due us, we should like it sent to us in a Draft on the M S [Suf?] Treasurer in San Francisco. Our Address is: Geo Greiersen & Co Millerton Fresno County Cal. If it would [illegible] the Department better to [illegible] us a Draft to the care of J T H Wentworth Esq Agt in San Francisco it will answer our purpose equally well. Hoping you Mr Commissioner will do your best in this matter we remain Very Respectfully Yours George Greiersen & Co

Copy of a letter sent April 25. 1863.

W P Dole Esq Com of Ind Affairs Dear Sir Enclosed please fine the following Certificate of Indebtedness given by Mr M B Lewis late Sub. Agent Fresno Reservation Cal for amouonts respectively due: W B Cummings $151.16 [California 1864] G 115 G Greiersen & Co 295.42 D 501.30 947.88 You will please observe that the amount due W B Cummings is for supplies furnished Fresno Indian Agency during the Quarter ending 3 March 1859, and we presume exactly at par with several claims allowed and paid, for inst that of [Gomer?] Evans, paid to us last year, and thereof L Leach and L G Hughes which also have been allowed. You will also please observe by an enclosed transfer that we have bought the said claim of Mr W B Cummings so that the amount is now due us. In regard to the 2 enclosed certificates of ours [those?] we trust that you now will find the amount correct, and send them up to the second Auditor for settlement. Besides above

mentioned certificates and transfer you will also please find enclosed transfer from M B Lewis to us for the amount of Salary due him ($1058 33/100) from July 1st 1860 to March 15, 1861 inclusive. Mr Lewis has sold us this Amount long ago, but as we supposed as Power of Attorney would be the simplest way to get it, we [apply?] with one last year, as can be seen by one filed with the 2nd Auditor in the later part of March or the Beginning of April 1862, but as we never have got an answer in regard to this matter we now again take the liberty to apply for it as we understand that Mr Lewis lately has sent an Account Current &c &c &c.

Millerton Feby 10. 1864

It will be recollected that above is only a copy of a letter sent last year and that we dont send the Certificates &c spoken of, as we trust they have been received in Washington long ago Respectfully Yours George Greiersen & Co