[page 1] Treasury Department SECOND AUDITOR'S OFFICE [begin handwritten text] Jan 9 [end handwritten text] 186 [begin handwritten text] 3 [end handwritten text], Sir: The application in the case of [begin handwritten text] George K Pierce C" D 97 Regt Pa vols [end handwritten text] has been received. Respectfully, yours, E.B. Linch Auditor. [envelope] 51a Treasury Department, SECOND AUDITOR'S OFFICE. OFFICIAL BUSINESS. E.B. Linch Auditor. [stamped] WASHINGTON DC [illegible] JAN [illegible] [begin handwritten text] Elias Pierce Esqr Aaron Wilmington Del. [end handwritten text]