| Atlanta, October 10, 1863 |
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| It is agreed between Joseph E. Brown,
Governor of Georgia, and A. K. Seago, of the firm of Seago, Kennedy,
Palmer & Co., that said Seago shall proceed to Virginia and have
the engine "Texas" belonging to the State, now in the
possession of the Virginia & Tennessee road, repaired, and that
he shall use the "Texas" and all the cars now in Virginia
belonging to the State, in the shipment of the salt now at Saltville
or other points in Virginia, which is the property of the State of
Georgia or of said Company of which said Seago is a member, until
the salt now in Virginia belonging to either the State or said
Company is shipped.
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| It is to be shipped by the Southern
route {This can only mean shipment from
Saltville north and east to Petersburg (first on the Virginia &
Tennessee RR and then on the South Side RR), then south to South
Carolina and west to Atlanta. This would require using 8 railroads.
Because the Petersburg to Charlotte stretch would be on a smaller gauge
track, the actual Western & Atlantic RR train could only go
as far as Petersburg; the shipment would then have to fight all
other freight movements for space on the cars of the remaining 6
railroads.}; and said Seago is to give his own individual
attention closely to the business until it is done, and is to ship
by each train an equal quantity of salt for the State and the
Company.
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| The State and Company are to share
equally the expense of the repairs of the engine and all the expense
of transportation of the salt of the State; and said Seago and such
other member of the Company or other person as the Company may
select, are to put in their whole time and energy in getting the
salt through, their time to set off against the use of the train.
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| This contract is to be subject to the
right of the State to take the train for other uses, at any time,
after five trains of salt have been shipped, one-half of State and
the other half of Company salt. Mr. Seago is to exhibit the contract
to Mr. Q. R. Wikle, the State Agent at Saltville, who will deliver
the rolling stock to him and will see that the shipments are made as
herein agreed, and that as much salt is shipped for the State as the
Company.
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| The salt is to be consigned to J. I.
Whitaker, Commissary-General, at Atlanta.
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| Joseph E. Brown
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| Governor of Georgia
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| A. K. Seago
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