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Tampa Bay, Fla. Jany 7. 1850

Wm Selden Esq
Treas of the U.S.

Sir;  I have received the following Treasury Drafts payable to my order by the apt. Treasurer [[U.S?]] Norleans La

No 748 on [[?]]...warrant No 704 for $10,000.—

Your ob ed. servt,
John C. Casey
[[underlined]]Special Agent Seminoles[[/underlined]]

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Tampa Bay Fla Jan'y 7th 1850

[[?]] Esq.
2d. Auditor [[?]] 

Sir;— I have received from the Treasurer of the Un: States the following Treas Drafts payable to my order by the Apt. Treasurer U.S. Norleans La

N. 748 [[or?]] Int...Warrant No 704 for $10,000 and for which I am accountable under the following appropriation.

[[underlined]]Fulfilling treaties with Florida Indians[[/underline]]

Very respectfully
Your Bed service
John C. Casey
Capt. U.S.Army [[?]]
[[underlined]]Special Agent Seminoles[[/underlined]]

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Tampa Bay Fla. Jany 7. 1850

General,

I have recd: notice, through Gen. Twiggs, that the Sect'y. of War had made(Dec 24) a requisition on the Sect'y of the Interior for $100.000 — to be placed in my hands.  Will you please to ask the Dept. to instruct the apt. Treas' in Norleans to furnish me with gold.  The bulk of silver renders it unsafe for me to

Transcription Notes:
John Twiggs was commissioned as Colonel of the 2nd U.S. Dragoons in 1836 and served in the Seminole Wars in Florida.