Marine hospitals : letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the last Congress, relative to the establishment of Marine Hospitals at Buffalo, Oswego, Galveston, Detroit, Wilmington, North Carolina; Newport, Rhode Island; Erie, Pennsylvania, and Apalachicola.

  • Meredith, William M. (William Morris), 1799-1873.
Date:
[1850?]
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Credit: Marine hospitals : letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the last Congress, relative to the establishment of Marine Hospitals at Buffalo, Oswego, Galveston, Detroit, Wilmington, North Carolina; Newport, Rhode Island; Erie, Pennsylvania, and Apalachicola. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [CIRCULAR.] Treasury Department, January 29, 1849. Str: Herewith you will receive a copy of a resolution of the House of ^Representatives, by which this department is directed to inquire and •ascertain the terms on which a suitable site for a marine hospital within your district may be purchased. The department is further directed to report upon the expediency of such an institution in your district at the next session of Congress. That the department may be in possession of the information required to answer the call thus made upon it, I will thank you to inquire and ascertain the price for which a suitable and convenient piece of ground for such an institution may be purchased, and to make report thereof, accompanied by a diagram and description of the site so -selected and offered for sale. I will thank you, also, to report the reasons which in your opinion would recommend the establishment of such an institution in your dis- trict. Your early attention to the subjects thus indicated is requested. I am, respectfully, sir, your obedient servant, ROBT. J. WALKER, Secretary of the Treasury, i , Collector of the Customs. THIRTIETH CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION. Congress of the United States, House of Representatives, January 25, A. D. 1849. Resolved, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed to inquire and ascertain the most favorable terms on which suitable sites can be obtained for marine hospitals at Buffalo, Oswego, Galveston, Detroit, Wilmington, North Carolina; Newport, Rhode Island; Erie, Pennsylvania; and Apalachicola; and that he report the same, with his opinion upon the expediency of erecting hospitals at those places, to Congress at the next session. 5 Attest: TH. J. CAMPBELL, Clerk. No. 1. Custom-House, Buffalo, December 3,1849. Sir- I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of the circular of the Treasury Department dated January 29, 1849, directing me to inquire and ascertain the price for which a suitable and convenient piece of ground for the erection of a marine hospital at this port can be purchased, and to make report thereof, and also asking me to report the reasons which in my opinion would recommend the establishment of such an institu- tion in this district. In pursuance of said circular, I herewith enclose the propositions of Messrs. John Hollister, Alanson Palmer, and William T. Miller, for the sale of three several lots of land for that purpose, accom- panied by maps of the lots and a map of this city, by which you will see the location of the several lots offered for sale. I also enclose a letter