HOLOGRAPH DOCUMENT SIGNED by JOHN F. HARTLEY as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury as a reply to Senator John Sherman of Ohio.

[Washington, D.C.], May 5, 1866., 1866. Very good. - Over 85 words penned in a secretarial hand on 2 pages of a 9-7/8 inch high by 7-3/4 inch wide "Treasury Department" stationery with an integral attached leaf. Hartley replies to Senator John Sherman of Ohio who has recommended Thomas Murdock Esq. for the position of Local Inspector of Steamboats at Cincinnati, Ohio that "there is no vacancy in the District you desire Mr. Murdock to be appointed." Signed "John F. Hartley" as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. Folded for mailing, the document is docketed by Senator Sherman on the verso. There is a stain from a seal at the top inner corner of the integral leaf with a very small chip. Very good. John F. Hartley (1809-1897) served as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury from 1865 to 1875 under Presidents Andrew Johnson and Ulysses S. Grant.