Commodore John W Livingston Letter 27 May 1864

U.S. Navy Yard Norfolk
May 27th 1864

Sir,
Your letter of the 25th inst is received informing me that you had drawn on the Honorable Secretary of the Navy for $14,000 to meet paymaster Ingersoll’s requisition of the 17th inst, under heads of appropriation viz.:
Contingent Yards & Docks $2000
Magazine Norfolk $2000
Hospital $1500
Navy Yard $8500

I am Very Respectfully,
your obedient servant,
John W Livingston
Commodore Commanding
Naval Station
Norfolk

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

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