Letter from James Buchanan to William Drinkard

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September 7, 1860

President James Buchanan writes to William R. Drinkard, Secretary of War John B. Floyd's chief clerk, in an attempt to solve a dispute over paying US Army Captain Montgomery Meigs. Buchanan asks Drinkard to send "the Paper addressed by Capt Meigs in reply to the Attorney Generals [Jeremiah S. Black] opinions together with all papers relating to the accounts which he refuses to pay." Transcript included.

People:

Buchanan, James

Black, Jeremiah Sullivan

Drinkard, William R.

Floyd, John Buchanan

Meigs, Montgomery

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Economics and Finance

Legal Affairs

Politics and Government

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Letters/Correspondence