Sir: In answer to your letter of the 17th instant, in the absence of the Secretary of War, I have to state that $2,500 was appropriated during the last session of Congress for making medals bearing the head of the President, to be given to Indian chiefs. Of this $50 was paid to Mr. Pettrich, and a requisition has this day been made in your favor for $1,500, which the Treasury Department is requested to remit to you as early as practicable.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
D. Parker, Chief Clerk.
March 4, 1845—March 4, 1849.
James K. Polk, President of the United States, 1845. ℞. Peace and friendship.
PRESIDENT JAMES KNOX POLK.
[Eleventh President of the United States of America.]
JAMES K (Knox) POLK PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. 1845. Bust of President Polk, facing the left.
PEACE AND FRIENDSHIP. Two hands clasped in token of amity; on the cuff of the left wrist three stripes, and buttons with the American eagle on them; the other wrist bare; above the hands, a calumet and tomahawk crossed—Indian emblems of peace and war.