12/07/1863
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"I transmit, for the consideration of Congress, a dispatch to the Secretary of State from the United States consul at Liverpool, and the address to which it refers, of the distressed operatives of Blac..."
"I have the honor to inclose herewith a letter of the 24th instant from the Secretary of War, by which it appears that there are 438 assistant quartermasters, 387 commissaries of subsistence, and 343 a..."
"I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant,"
"The pay of a passed midshipman on the retired list from $788 to $350 per annum, or less than half of previous rate."