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Executive Office |
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Tallahassee, March 13, 1862 |
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| Resolution of the Executive Council, passed March 4,
1862 |
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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. |
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Yeas -- Messrs. M. D. Papy, Wiggins and
Simpkins |
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A true copy from the minutes. |
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Attest: E. Barnard |
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Private Secretary to his Excellency, John Milton |
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E. Houstoun, Esq. {President,
Pensacola & Georgia RR} |
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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. |
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Gen. Trapier has authority from the government. |
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John Milton |
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Governor of Florida |
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