Excerpt from Reply to the Report of the Select Committee of the Senate on Transports for the War Department The original record also shows, that the charter money first united in one contract subsequently divided, and $70 allowed for the barge and $45 for the tug. I cannot remember that this was an act of mine, but as the services of the two might not be constantly required together, the separation was manifestly pro per, and I will assume any responsibility connected with it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.