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Confederate States of America - Message to Congress March 16, 1861 (Indian Affairs)

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, March 16, 1861.

Hon. Howell Cobb, President of the Congress.

Sir: I hereby transmit a communication from the Secretary of War, suggesting an appropriation of five thousand dollars to meet the salaries and incidental expenses of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

Source:
Richardson, James D.
A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Confederacy
Including the Diplomatic Correspondence 1861-1865
Nashville : United States Publishing Company, 1905
127 Wall Street, New Haven, CT 06511.