"My dear Mr. President,—Colonel Wm. P. Craighill, the writer of the inclosed, is an officer of the Engineer Corps, and is one of the finest and ablest men in our military service. He does not dream that you would see his letter, but I deem it proper to submit it for your consideration.
"I remain, Mr. President, with great respect,
"Your very obedient servant,
"G. W. Morgan.
"His Excellency Samuel J. Tilden."
CERTIFICATE OF THE ELECTORAL VOTE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK IN 1876
"State of New York, ss.:
"We, the Secretary of State, Comptroller, Treasurer, and Attorney-General of the said State having formed a Board of State Canvassers, and having canvassed and estimated the whole number of votes given for Electors of President and Vice-President, at the general election held in the said State, on the seventh day of November, in the year 1876, according to the certified statements received by the Secretary of State in the manner directed by law, do hereby determine, declare, and certify, that
| Horatio Seymour, | Atherton Hall, |
| De Witt C. West, | Henry D. Graves, |
| Parke Godwin, | William J. Averell, |
| Thomas H. Rodman, | Daniel B. Judson, |
| Edward Rowe, | Edmund A. Ward, |
| Thomas D. Jones, | Ansel Foster, |
| Oswald Ottendorfer, | James McQuade, |
| Thomas Mackellar, | Bartholomew Lynch, |
| Anthony Dugro, | Calvin L. Hathaway, |
| Augustus Schell, | George W. Knowles, |
| Frederick Smyth, | William C. Dryer, |
| Joseph J. O'Donohue, | Frederick O. Cable, |
| Samuel F. Barger, | John McDougall, |
| Jordan L. Mott, | Jerome Lee, |
| James H. Holdane, | Charles B. Benedict, |
| William Voorhis, | Cyrus Clarke, |
| Addison P. Jones, | Porter Sheldon, |
| Eli Perry, |
were, by the greatest number of votes given at the said election, respectively elected Electors of President and Vice-President of the United States.
"Given under our hands, at the office of the Secretary of State, of said State, in the city of Albany, the twenty-fifth day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six.