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Handeportment,
Machington
Six,
I have the honor to acknowledge the
receipt of your tiller of the 1st Instant the de=
sign and the estimate for the montony medal
are approved, and it is hoped your will be eve
abled to complete it within the month as you
propose with regard to the pertrail of gun-
eral Daylor from which the liking has been
taken, it probably had best he eml to this
Department to await each disposition as
may herefore be unsidered proper.
blay respectfully
younders. Servs:
D. R. In Pattern
Me L. Murcy
Director ofthe Inint
Securtary ofthang
Philadelphia. Perm".
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This letter is in regards to a medal design for General Zachary Taylor.
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