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Copy. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. Washington. June 19, 1897. Mr. Gifford Pinchot, 2 Grammercy Park, New York City.
Sir: I have this day appointed you as a special forest agent under the provisions of the Sundry Civil Act approved June
4, 1897, with compensation of ten dollars per day when actually and necessarily employed, and actual traveling expenses and
a per diem of three dollars