McCulloch, Hugh, 1808-1895

Scope and Contents This collection includes three letters from U.S Secretary of the Treasury Hugh McCulloch in Washington, D.C. ranging from 1865 to 1867, responding to different inquiries into treasury affairs. The first letter, written to the Honorable William P. Fessenden on May 13, 1865, concerns the appointment of the revenue collector at Eastport, Maine, the duties of custom-house officers, and the performance of a Lieutenant Hall. The second letter, sent to James Deshon, a merchant in Boston,...