Secretary Fessenden gives notice . . .

. . . of the readiness of the Treasury Department to redeem on presentation, by payment in lawful money, or by conversion into bonds as authorized by law, the three year Treasury notes, bearing interest at the rate of seven and three-tenths per centum, issued under the act of July 17th, 1861. Interest will cease on all such Treasury notes if not so presented after three months from this date, at which time, under the law, the right of conversion ceases.

– Published in The Union Sentinel, Osceola, Iowa, Friday, December 30, 1864