. . . passed by Congress appropriates $2,525,000 for the erection and completing of defensive works for the year ending June 30, 1862; and for the following year $3,335,000 for the same objects. $850,000 are also appropriated, to be used at the discretion of the President, for works in Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Oregon and Washington Territory.
– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Thursday Morning, March 6, 1862, p. 2
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