Q.  17.  [23.]  Are  the  papers  here  produced  (producing  several  receipts)
signed  by  yourself  or  firm,  and  do  they  contain  the  precise  sums  received  by  you
Irom  said  officers  or  agents  ?

A.  The  paper  marked  "B"  [see  page  167]  annexed  to  the  deposition  of
William  H.  Small  of  Alna  was  signed  by  our  firm,  and  contains  the  precise
sum  received.  The  paper  dated  "Augusta,  January  2,  I860,"  in  the  case  of
Readfield — the  paper  marked  "A"  [see  page  168]  annexed  to  the  deposition  of
Reuben  Stodder  of  Athens — the  paper  marked  "B"  [see  Anson,  "B",  page  204]
annexed  to  the  deposition  of  Albert  Moore  of  Anson — the  paper  marked  "A,"
[see  Auburn,  "A,"  page  175]  annexed  to  the  deposition  of  Thomas  Littlefield
of  Auburn — the  paper  annexed  to  the  deposition  of  Josiah  Merrow  of  Bowdoin-
ham — the  paper  marked  *"  D"  [see  "B,"  page  166]  annexed  to  the  deposition
of  John  Gray  of  Embden — the  paper  marked  "A"  [see  page  171]  annexed  to
the  deposition  of  Samuel  Clement  of  Palmyra — the  paper  marked  "J"  [see
page  202]  annexed  to  the  deposition  of  S.  W.  Jackson  of  Waldoboro' — each
and  all  of  them  were  signed  by  our  firm,  and  the  sums  indicated  in  them  were

*  Paper  marked  "B"  not  "  D"  is  evidently  the  document  referred  to,  as  paper  "D"  was
signed  by  Delany,  Davis  &  Yates,  and  "IS"  by  Pike  &  Colby. — Sam'l  W.  Laxk,  Secretary
of  the  Senate.
258  PAPER  CREDITS.
