Commandant Charles H Bell Letter 28 December 1859

Commandants Office
Navy Yard Gosport
December 28th 1859

Sir,
Will you be pleased to inform me what funds are referred to in your letter of the 17th inst; from which the Machines for the Ordinance building are to be paid. You refer to them as “Ordinance” funds and I am unable to decide whether the funds belong to the Bureau of Ordinance or the appropriation for Magazine belonging to your Bureau are intended.

Very Respectfully,
your obedient servant,
Charles H Bell
Commandant

Commodore Joseph Smith
Chief of the Bureau of Yards & Docks
Washington D.C.

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