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"Code of Federal Regulations"; (2) the cost of supplies and equipment that The National Archives provided as a part of its share of the expense of the WPA project for flattening pension records; and (3) the cost of supplying photographic reproductions of archival material, in accordance with a resolution of Congress, to a historical society for exhibition purposes.

Obligations and expenditures for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1939

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The total obligations and expenditures amounted to $788,352, leaving unobligated balances totaling $648.

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These miscellaneous receipts are only a small part of the financial returns made to the Government by The National Archives, though it is sometimes difficult or impossible to assess these returns in dollars and cents. It is known, for example, that Government filing equipment released for further use by the transfer of records to The National Archives during the year had an actual value of some $18,000 and a replacement value of approximately $72,000. Similarly, it is known that the records stored in the building at the end of the year formerly occupied some 188,000 square feet of space in buildings owned or rented by the Government and that the annual rental of this amount of space is about $168,000. But it is not known how many

thousands of feet of floor space were released through the efforts of The National Archives in reporting large quantities of useless papers to Congress for disposal, though it may safely be assumed that the figure was large. Some indication has been given elsewhere in this report of the thousands of dollars saved by the Government in being able to use records in The National Archives to refute claims against it; but the enormous sums that might be claimed if all records in the custody of the Archivist were known to be destroyed can only be imagined. Finally, no one is able to put a price on the sentimental value to the Nation of having its most precious and significant documents safely housed and readily accessible.

The Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1940, approved March 16, 1939 (Public, No. 8, 76th Cong.), provides $850,000 for the salaries and expenses and $14,000 for the printing and binding of The National Archives for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1940.

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THE SIEGE AND SURRENDER OF YORKTOWN

This map, dated October 29, 1781, bears the signature of Lt. Col. Jean Baptiste Gouvion, a French military engineer attached to the Continental Army. It depicts the "Plan of the Attacks on York," and the explanation in the lower left corner summarizes the course of military operations prior to October 17, when Cornwallis asked terms of surrender. The original manuscript map, which measures 38 by 29 inches, was received by The National Archives from the Department of State.

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SEA LETTER ATTESTING TO THE NEUTRALITY OF AN AMERICAN SHIP This sea letter, issued to the brigantine Leopard of Salem, Mass., on June 18, 1793, attests to the American ownership of the vessel and its cargo and was designed to prevent the seizure of either by belligerents in the war between France and the First Coalition. The original is signed by George Washington and is countersigned by Thomas Jefferson both on the side reproduced and on the other side, which is printed in French and English. It was received by The National Archives from the Treasury Department.

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