Records of the Third Auditor.

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Records of the Third Auditor.

The records included correspondence, 1812-1912, and related registers, 1817-1909; warrants, ledgers, and journals, 1815-99; accounts, 1817-50 and 1878-94; pension accounts and claims, 1817-1907; and records relating to the settlement of accounts and claims, 1794-1919, including those arising from Indian wars and the following special claims commissions: R.B.Lee Commission, 1816-18, Davis-Holt-Campbell Commission, 1861-79, Southern Claims Commission, 1871-90, and Steadman Board of Claims, 1863-64.

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