Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and House of Representa-

tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

THATthe Auditor of the Treasury for the

Post Office Department credit the account

of John Lorimer Graham, late postmaster

in the city of New York, with a sum

equal to the debit, for his disbursements

from the post office fund, in leasing

ground and buildings, and fitting the same

for the principal branch post office in

that city, under the direction of Charles

A. Wickliffe, late Postmaster General.

1 Sec. 2. And be it further enacted,

2 That the Postmaster General pay to the

said John Lorimer Graham, [with interest

from the tenth day of May, eighteen hun=

dred and forty-five,] the sum of two thou=

sand seven hundred and four dollars

and thirty one cents; the said Graham

having overpaid that amount at said

date.

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04/24/1848
Passed the Senate
April 24. 1848
Attest
Asbury Dickins–
Secretary

Strike all about interest

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Post Off

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S_194
An act for the relief of John Lorimer Graham, late postmaster in the City of New York.

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a 25

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08/XX/1848
In the House of Representatives, U. S.
August 1848
Resolved That this bill do pass with an amendment..
Attest
Tho. J Campbell
Clerk

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HR P. O. pr

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Concur

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Exd 16 Aug 1848 Rusk [Hampton?]

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Congress.
Session.
Congress of the United States.
In the House of Representatives.

Resolved That the Bill from Senate (No. 194) entitled “An Actfor the relief of John Lorimer Graham in the City of New York. do pass with the following

Amendment

Strike out of the Second Section of the bill, after the word “Graham” in the third line of said section the following words

“with interest from the tenth day of May (1845.)” Eighteen hundred and forty five.”

Attest
Tho J Campbell
Clerk.

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S. 194
Amendment

	BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and House of Representa-
	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
	THATthe Auditor of the Treasury for the
	Post Office Department credit the account
	of John Lorimer Graham, late postmaster
	in the city of New York, with a sum
	equal to the debit, for his disbursements
	from the post office fund, in leasing
	ground and buildings, and fitting the same
	for the principal branch post office in
	that city, under the direction of Charles
	A. Wickliffe, late Postmaster General.
1	Sec. 2. And be it further enacted,
2	That the Postmaster General pay to the
	said John Lorimer Graham, [with interest
	from the tenth day of May, eighteen hun=
	dred and forty-five,] the sum of two thou=
	sand seven hundred and four dollars
	and thirty one cents; the said Graham
	having overpaid that amount at said
	date.