JOHNSON, ANDREW, PRESIDENT ORIGINAL MESSAGE TO CONGRESS 2/10/68 TIMBER FOR NAVY

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JOHNSON, ANDREW, PRESIDENT ORIGINAL MESSAGE TO CONGRESS 2/10/68 TIMBER FOR NAVY:
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JOHNSON, ANDREW, PRESIDENT ORIGINAL MESSAGE TO CONGRESS 2/10/68 TIMBER FOR NAVYTHIS ACTION CONTAINS EXECUTIVE DOCUMENT NO. 161. 40TH CONGRESS 2d SESSION, OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.\"TIMBER FOR THE NAVY.\"\"MESSAGE\"
\"FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES,
RELATIVE TO DEPREDATIONS UPON AND THE FUTURE CARE OF THE RESERVATIONS OF LANDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUPPLYING TIMBER FOR THE NAVY TO THE UNITED STATES.\"
(Signed in Print) \"ANDREW JOHNSON\".
WASHINGTON, February 10, 1868.______________NAVY DEPARTMENT
Washington, February 5, 1868.
Sir: The Secretary of the Treasury has transmitted to this department a letter from the collector of customs at New Orleans, enclosing a communication from an officer ot the revenue service, stating that a number of persons have been trespassing upon the Live Oak Reservation at Biloxi, Mississippi, and that live-oak wood from the government reserve has been supplying the Biloxi market fro fuel. The damage already is stated to be fro $10,000 to $20,000.
In my annual report for December, 1866, the condition of the timber reservation was alluded t as follows:
\"Many years years since the government adopted the policy of reserving from sale certain timber lands for \'the sole purpose of supplying timber for the navy of the Untied States.\' The lands thus reserved were placed under the control of this departments and are scattered through the States of Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, and Louisiana. Agegents wer appointed, with salaries ranging from five hundred dollars to two thousand dollars per annum ......\"THIS ORIGINAL RESPONSE FROM THE PRESIDENT, IS TWO PAGES IN LENGTH.
THE REPLY FROM THE NAVY DEPARTMENT WAS MADE MADE BY SECRETARY OF THE NAVY, GIDEON WELLES. CONDTION
IT HAS FOXING OF THE RIGHT MARGIN EDGE, NOT AFFECTING THE PRINT. THERE IS 1/4\" TEAR IN THE TOP EDGE OF THE TOP MARGIN AND MINOR FOXING ON THE LEFT AND BOTTOM MARGIN EDGE.IT IS 9 7/8\" X 6\" IN SIZEA VERY INTERESTING INEXPENSIVE PIECE OF HISTORY, THAT OCCURRED AFTER THE CLOSING OF THE CIVIL WAR. WE INVITE YOU TO VISIT OUR OTHER AMERICAN HISTORICAL ITEMS, THAT ARE ARE NOW CURRENTLY BEING OFFERED IN OUR sales.\'OWN HISTORY\'