Letter to William Henry Hooper, 25 March 1865
G. S. L. City, .
Hon. Wm. H. Hooper:
Dear Sir. We wish to obtain a list
of the appropriations, with the respective items for the different
branches of the civil government, viz., Legislative, Judicial and
Executive as well as the Indian Service, surveying, donations
of land or money for public buildings, penitentiaries, road
School and University purposes for the Territories of Kansas,
Minnesota, Oregon and Nevada during their Territorial existence,
and the Territories of Utah, New Mexico, Nebraska, Washington,
Colorado, Arizona, Montana, Dakota and Idaho up to date.
If you can procure this information or any part
thereof, which we need for historical purposes, we will regard
it as an especial favor.
Yours Respectfully
Geo. A. Smith.
W. Woodruff
