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| December 24, 1860 - Captain Horatio Wright to Captain John Foster
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ENGINEER DEPARTMENT,
Washington, December 24, 1860
Captain J.G. FOSTER,
Corps of Engineers, Charleston, S.C.:
SIR: In reply to your letter of the 20th instant* I have to say that on application at the Treasury it is ascertained that no remittance can be made to your credit until after the 28th instant, and that soon after that date all requisitions upon the Treasury will be promptly met as heretofore.
This office will omit no effort to supply you with funds at the earliest possible moment, and as soon as it is ascertained that funds can be supplied you will be promptly informed.
I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
H.G. WRIGHT,
Captain of Engineers, in charge.
* Asking for $10,000 on account of Fort Sumter.
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