Letter of the Day: February 2

I don't know how key blanks qualify for expenditure from the emergency fund unless that's the only fund that had any money.


February 2, 1889

General,

I have the honor to state that the following articles are required for use at the Army Medical Museum and would request authority to buy them as emergency purchases to be paid for from the Museum's appropriation.

2 papers Tacks Estimated Cost .26
Screw-eyes " " 1.50
10 lbs 8d finishing nails " " .50
1 dozen Key blanks " " 3.00
2 pieces thin plate glass " " .60

Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
(Signed) John S. Billings
Surgeon, US Army
Curator Army Medical Museum

Surgeon General US Army,
Washington, D.C.