Mr. Hodgden brought in several Certificates which appeared to be counterfeit. The author at first believed that the bad Certificates should be held until the return of the Commissioner of Army Accounts who was touring the South. Hodgden assured him that the counterfeit certificates were obtained from a person known to him so they could be returned with no harm to the US.
I have to inform you that Mr. Hodgden brought several Certificates of final settlements to the Office, then at Philadelphia to be examined, which appeared by the original register to be counterfeit in all their contents, except the paper