Q.  43.  [49.]  To  what  of  the  State  authorities  did  you  apply  for  relief  after
such  assignment,  and  when  and  where  did  you  call  upon  them?

A.  I  originally  called  on  Gen.  Hodsdon,  and  I  was  referred  by  him  to  the
Governor.  I  called  upon  the  General  at  his  office,  and  upon  the  Governor  at
his  room  here  in  the  State  House.     I  think  this  was  early  in  September.  1  ~04.
Q.  44.  [50.]  State  particularly  all  that  the  said  State  authorities  gave  you
to  understand  as  to  certain  unassigned  and  unclaimed  credits  which  they  pro-
posed to  give  you  to  reimburse  you  for  enlistments  wrongfully  assigned?

A.     *  They  didn't  propose  to  give  me  any  ;  they  proposed,  to  pay  me  for  men

*Line  drawn  through  italic  portion  in  manuscript. — S.  "W.  Laxe,  Sec.  of  the  Senate.
278  PAPER  CREDITS.
they  had  fatten  away  from  me.  Governor  Cony  told  me  this, — that  it  was  a  very
great  injustice  to  me  if  I  was  obliged  to  submit  to  this  appropriation  of  the  men
without  any  reimbursement,  and  went  on  to  say  that  when  I  went  there  he
distinctly  declined  to  involve  the  State  in  the  agency  at  all,  and  wouldn't  make
any  advances  of  money  on  account  of  these  agencies,  but  he  thought  it  an  en-
tirely fair  thing ;  that  I  should  have  enough  of  these  unassigned  credits  and
unclaimed  credits  to  make  good  the  amount  of  the  loss  which  I  had  sustained.
I  do  not  mean  to  say  that  Gov.  Cony  and  Gen.  Hodsdon  wrongfully  assigned
said  men.
