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Honorable Secretary of War, respecting my business here, required me to seek. Your reply, denying my right to such information, has constrained me to a sudden change of course, and to prepare the accompanying papers upon a plan entirely different from the one in which I had made some progress, - otherwise your last note would have been answered sooner. I have the honor to be, with great respect your most obedient servant John Howard Payne. Enclosures. To the Honorable John C. Spencer Secretary of War War Department Sir, March 17, 1842 I have the honor to transmit