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 FIN the late confagration of the Treasury A building, nearly all the correspondence ot the Secretary of the Treasury, from the establishment of the Departmentto to the 3lst March, 1883, was destroyed, including, as well the original letters and communica- tions addressed to the Secretary of the Treasury, as the records of the letters and communications written by him. With a view to repair the loss, as far as it may be prac ticable, all officers of the United States, are requested to cause copies to be prepared, and authenticated by them, of any letters (excepting those hereinafter al- luded to) which they may at any time have written to. or received from, the Secretary ofthe Treasury ,and all those who may have been in nffice, and other individuals throughout the United States, and else- whefe, are invited to do the same. That this correspondence may be arranged into appropriate books, 1t is requested that 1t be copied on folio fools cap paper, with a sufficient margin on all sides to admit of biading-no more than one letter to be contained on a leaf. It is also requested tfat the copies be written in plain dis tmct or expressing hand. Where the ori- ginai can be spared, ii would he preferred. The reasonable expense incurred In copy ing the papers now requested, not exceed ing the rate often cents for every hundred words, will be defrayed by the Depart. Iment.

 The correspondence which has been saved, and of which, therefore, no copies are desired, are the records of the letters written by the Secretary of the Treasury to Presidents and Cashiers of banks, from the 1st October, 1919, to the 20th Februa- ", 1883; all the correspond relating to the Revolutionary claims of Virginia officers to half pay, under the act of 9th July, l932; and to applications for the benefits of the acts ofthe 2d March, 1881, and l4th July, 1882, for the relief of cer- tain insolyent debtors of the United States. Copies of some circular letters and in- structions, written by the Secretary, have also been preserved; and it Is requested that before copy be made ofany cirtula4 letter or instruction, written by the Secre- taiy of the Treasury, the date and object of the circular be first stated to the De- pertinent, and its wishes on the subject as- certaiaed. LOUIS McLANE,

 Secretary of the Treasury.

 June l, 1883. I3-13w