260 CONGRESSIONAL PEOCEEDINGS. 



D 35. Treasury Department, December 27, 1839. 



Sir: Early next month I shall have twenty thousand dollars to invest in State 

 stocka on account of the Smithsonian bequest. Be pleased to inform me, if you 

 have such for sale, the time they have to run, the interest they bear, &c. , and the 

 lowest terms you can furnish them. 



I am, &c., L. Woodbury, 



Secretary of the Treasw-y. 

 Charles J. Nourse, Esq., 



Washington City, D. C. 



[Copies were sent to Hon. F. Thomas, president of the Chesapeake and Ohio 

 Canal Company; to W. W. Corcoran, Washington, D. C. ; to J. D. Beers, esq., New 

 York City; and to Joseph White, esq., Baltimore, Md.] 



D 36. Navy Departmeet, December 31, 1839. 



Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 30th 

 instant. 



In reply, I have to state that I can not ascertain whether I shall have any State 

 stocks to dispose of until to-morrow, when I will communicate with you upon the 

 subject. 



I am, respectfully, your obedient servant, 



J. K. Paulding. 

 Hon. Levi Woodbury, 



Secretary of the Treasury. 



D 37. Washington City, January 15, 1840. 



Dear Sir: In reply to your favor of the 27th ultimo, I have to offer you six per 

 cent stocks of the following States, viz: Michigan, Arkansas, and Illinois, at 84^ per 

 cent; also, five per cent stock of the State of Indiana, at 75 percent — the interest on 

 all the above payable in New York semiannually; or I will sell six per cents at one- 

 quarter per cent less than any offer you may have. 

 Respectfully, your obedient servant, 



W. W. Corcoran. 

 Hon. Levi Woodbury, 



Secretary of the Treasury. 



D 38. Washington, January 6, 1840. 



Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication on the 

 subject of a tender of State stocks to the Department; and to offer to you the amomit 

 you mention as ready for investment in Ohio sixes, redeemable in 1854, at 88f — 

 interest payable in New York; Illinois Canal sixes, redeemable in 1870, at 75 and T2\. 



Yery respectfully, your obedient servant, 



Charles J. Nourse. 

 Hon. Levi Woodbury, 



Secretary of the TreoMiry. 



January 18, 1840. 

 Dear Sir: Since I left you, a gentleman has handed me a letter, which requires 

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

 I will call at 12 o'clock. 



Yours, &.V., 



Charles J. Nourse. 

 McC. Young, Esq. 



