Treasury Department.
		December 20, 1865

My dear Sir
	        Your letter of the
19th instant is received, and
I take pleasure in notifying
you that your request has
been complied with and Mr
John Shaw promoted to the
grade of First Class Clerk in
the Office of the Secretary of
the Treasury
	     Very truly yours
		Wm E. Chandler
	         Assistant Secretary
Now Schuyler Colfax
         U.S. Senate.

Written on back of Scan 1

My dear Sir,
	Mr Shaw had
dropped down in salary
in [illegible] clerical [free?]
in the Treasury: but I 
remembered your interest
in him & ___ see within
	Yrs always
	    Schuyler Colfax