FA, F 3/13/1862

Executive Office
Tallahassee, March 13, 1862
 
Resolution of the Executive Council, passed March 4, 1862
  
   Resolved, That the Governor be authorized to have taken up such portions of the railroad iron on the Florida Railroad, when the troops shall have been removed from Fernandina, as the public security demands, and remove the same to a place of safety.    Adopted.

   Yeas -- Messrs. M. D. Papy, Wiggins and Simpkins

   A true copy from the minutes.

Attest: E. Barnard

Private Secretary to his Excellency, John Milton
 
E. Houstoun, Esq.   {President, Pensacola & Georgia RR}
   Gen. Trapier having ordered the iron taken up from Fernandina to Baldwin, you are requested to send the trains necessary to assist in moving the rails, as they are taken up, to a place of safety, beyond the reach of the enemy.
   Gen. Trapier has authority from the government.
John Milton
Governor of Florida

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