"This government has in its possession notes amounting to $3,734.26 most of which are already due. The notes are a balance in the favor of the estate of Ewing Young, deceased, intestate. We will therefore advise that these demands be settled and appropriated to the benefit of the country. The government being at all times responsible for the payment of them to those who may hereafter appear to have a legal right to them."

The money was used to build the first jail west of the Rocky Mountains...in Oregon City.