This letter documents a gold deposit received from California. Information includes the amount, purity, quality, and the loss sustained by melting as well as the different appearance of mined gold versus gold taken from rivers and swamps.
This letter informs C. C. Wright that the Secretary of War W. L. Marcy has agreed to his suggestions regarding the portraits on the medals for Generals Zachary Taylor and Winfield Scott.
This letter answers a letter from March 8, 1849 and is in regards to a design detail of the medals to be awarded to Generals Zachary Taylor and Winfield Scott.