UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
Thirty eighth Congress


House of Representatives.
Washington City April 21 1864

My dear Sir,
	         Thanks for your kind letter.
Mr. [Shaw?] & his sister in law were anxious
for a $900 position, which I tried for.
But there are no such apointments in the
Treasury; & I was compelled to accept
a $1.200 one for him instead, the
commission reaching me to day. It cost
me a Clerkship I might have got for 
my Dist; but I knew no one to whom
I owe so much as you, in our District; &
hence it is exactly right & I am gratified very much.
     Excuse haste, for we are in session
night & day [illegible] correspondence all in arrears.
	Yours truly Schuyler Colfax