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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 6 STAT. · March 2, 1839 · Chapter XLVIII

Chapter XLVIII. *for the relief of Jesse E

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Chap. XLVIII.— An Act *for the relief of Jesse E. Dow.*March 2, 1839. *Be it enacted, &c*., That there be paid to Jesse E. Dow, out of anyPayment for bearing dispatches from the Mediterranean, &c.. money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of one hundred and fifty-three dollars and thirty-three cents, for his time and expenses in bearing despatches from Commodore Elliott, commanding the United States’ naval squadron in the Mediterranean, and from Mr. Kavanagh, our charge d’affaires in Portugal, to the Navy and State Departments of the United States. Approved, March 2, 1839.
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