{"value"=>"<p>Letters and telegrams sent to the cashier, John Bowne, by USSC personnel, members of the Standing Committee, army personnel, the paymaster general, hospital stewards, and civilians. Letters concern the receipt of bank drafts or cash, payments and disbursements, and transactions with USSC offices, including financial staff in New York. Letters addressed to Knapp are also present, these were most likely forwarded to Bowne because they concerned financial matters. All letters are in reverse chronological order; items were disbound from two letterbooks.</p>"}