[Appropriations] 1817, 1828.

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[Appropriations] 1817, 1828.

Appropriations, 3 March 1817, totaling $16,570 for the purchase of maps, plans, books, instruments, fuel and stationary; appropriation, 21 November 1828, of $3,000 for the use of the Military Academy.

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