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same stock. Therefore, you will serve both of us by accepting either his or 

 my proposition. 



Begging your favorable consideration, 



I remain, sir, with great respect, your humble servant, 



CHARLES F. OSBORNE. 

 Hon. LEVI WOODBURY, Secretary of the Treasury. 



D 27. 



NEW YORK, August 18, 1838. 



DEAR SIR : We have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of yours of 

 the 13th instant ; and, in reply, have to inform you, that, owing to its delay 

 in reaching us, a negotiation for the whole amount of the Mississippi bonds 

 had been previously set on foot. 



"We are, therefore, under the necessity of asking permission to withdraw 

 our proposition. 



Very respectfully, your obedient servants, 



E. C. WILKINSON, 

 J. C. WILKINS, 



By E. C. WILKINSON. 

 Mr. McC/LiNTOCK YOUNG, Acting Secretary of the Treasury. 



D 28. 



NEW YORK, August 20, 1838. 



SIR : The fund commissioners of Indiana will furnish Indiana 5 per 

 cent, bonds having 24 to 25 years to run, from 1st July last, interest paya- 

 ble semi-annually, in New York, at par, to the amount of from one to five 

 hundred thousand dollars ; and will receive therefor, either cash or the 

 bonds of the State Bank of Indiana. 



I would inquire when I may learn whether our proposition is accepted. 

 For the fund commissioners of Indiana, 



ISAAC COE, Fund Commissioner. 

 Hon. LEVI WOODBURY, Secretary of the Treasury. 



D 29. 



THE BANK OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI, ST. Louis, August 23, 1838. 

 DEAR SIR: I have lately seen your advertisement for proposals for the 

 investment of the Smithsonian legacy in State bonds, &c. 



I should be pleased to sell $114,000 of Missouri State bonds at 5 per 

 cent, interest, payable semi-annually in the city of New York, and the 

 principal redeemable twenty-five years after negotiation. 



These bonds have been sent to London for sale, but can be withdrawn at 

 any time, if not sold. I would, therefore, propose to sell them to you at 2 

 per cent, premium, subject to the sale in London. If not sold upon the 

 arrival of the order in London for returning them to the United States, 

 the sale will take effect, and the bonds be returned without delay, and de- 

 livered to you. 



I have the honor to remain your obedient servant, 



JOHN SMITH, President. 

 Hon. LEVI WOODBURY, Secretary of the Treasury, Washington City. 



D 30. 



TREASURY DEPARTMENT, August 23, 1838, 



SIR: Eeferring to your offer to sell to the department $500,000 of 6 per 

 cent. Arkansas State bonds at 99^ per cent., I have to request that you. 



