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requires that the offer of Illinois sixes should be fixed at 75 — the rate first 

 proposed. 



I will call at 12 o'clock. 



Yours, &c., Charles J. Noursk. 



McC. Young, Esq. 



D 39. 



New York, January 2, 1840. 

 Sir: I thank you for your letter of the 27th ult. I have State stocks 

 which I will offer you for the investment you wish to make ; and 1 write 

 to Mr. Corcoran to hand in the offer. 



I am, respectfully, your obedient servant, 



J. D. Beers. 

 Hon. Levi Woodbury, Secretary of ihe Treasury. 



D 40. 



Treasury Department, July 24, 1840. 

 Gentlemen : Congress having adjourned without enacting any further 

 provision respecting the Smithsonian fund, and there being in the treasury 

 about $15,00o belonging to that fund, which it is the duty of this Depart- 

 ment to invest in State stocks, — should you have any to dispose of, I will 

 thank you to inform me of the description and lowest price. 

 I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant, 



Levi Woodbury, Secretary of the Treasury. 

 Messrs. Corcoran & Riggs. — Present. 



[Letters of the same tenor and date as above were addressed to the fol- 

 lowing persons, viz: Messrs. Prime, Ward & King, of New York ; J. D. 

 Beers, Esq., of New York ; and C. Macalester, of Philadelphia.] 



D 41. 



Washington City, July 28, 1840. 

 Sir : We have the pleasure to offer you Illinois State 6 per cent, bonds, 

 interest payable half-yearly, in specie, in New York, at 79J per cent. 

 Arkansas bonds we can sell lower. 



Very respectfully, your obedient servants, Corcoran & Riggs. 



Hon. Levi Woodbury, Secretary of the Treasury. 



D 42. 



New York, July 27, 1840. 

 Sir : In answer to your respected letter of the 26th instant, wo beg to 

 state that we will sell $15,000 value, in Kentucky bonds duo in 1868 — each 

 ^1,000 — bearing interest from date of sale, at 5 per cent., ))ayable half- 

 yearly in this city, and the price to be 88 per cent. ; or in New York State 

 6 per cent, stock, due in 1858 — interest at 5 per cent, from 16th ins. — pay- 

 able quarterly in this city, and the price to be 93 per cent. 



But, in order to make this offer binding on our part, we must ask the 

 favor of your reply accepting it on or before the 1st of August next. 

 We remain, sir, respectfully, your obedient servants. 



Prime, Ward & King. 

 Hon Levi Woodbury, Secretary of the Treasury. 



J) 43. 



Washington, August 10, 1840. 

 Sir: I have the honor to tender $20,000, Illinois 6 per cent, bonds, at 87 

 per cent. ; interest from tl*e 1st of July last. 



Respectfully yours, Charles J. Noursk. 



Hon. Levi Woodbury, Secretary of the IVeasiay. 



