MBf Treasury Department. Jan 2d. 1864 Sir I have the honor to acknowledge your request, conveyed verbally by Mr Stevens, that you may be furnished with copies of Special Agent Brown's Report on the San Francisco Mint, and accompanying documents. On account of the great length of the Report and documents in question much time would be required to make a copy of them. I therefore transmit the originals, and will thank you to return them when you have made such use of them as you desire. I am very respectfully Your obt servant S P Chase Secretary of the Treasury His Excellency The President 29167 Transcribed and reviewed by contributors participating in the By The People project at crowd.loc.gov.