| City of Richmond State of Virginia |
| Office Virginia Central Railroad Company |
| L 181.10.4 |
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| The Virginia Railroad Company hereby
promise and oblige themselves to pay to John M. Robinson of
or his assigns six months after the ratification of a treaty of peace
between the Confederate States of America and the United States of
America or on the Thirty first day of December 1865 (Eighteen Hundred
and Sixty five) whichever date shall first occur One Hundred and Eighty
one pounds, Ten shillings and Four pence sterling money of Great Britain
with interest thereon computed from the date of this obligation until
payment of the principal at the rate of eight percentum per annum the
said interest to be paid in London semiannually when due also in English
Sterling Money or at the option of the said John M. Robinson or his
assigns made known to the said Railroad Company not less than Sixty days
after the ratification of the said treaty of peace nor less than Sixty
days before the thirty first day of December Eighteen hundred abnd sixty
five in Cotton of the quality of Middling Upland to be computed and
taken at the value of Five pence Sterling per pound and to be delivered
to the order of the said John M. Robinson or his assigns free of all
taxes and charges in the Port of Wilmington or Norfolk as the said John
M. Robinson or his assigns shall elect and advise the said Railroad
Company at the time of exercising his option to be paid in Cotton |
| Witness the seal of the said Virginia
Central Railroad and the signatures of its President and Treasurer this
first day of October A. D. 1863 |
| E. Fontaine Pres |
| of the |
| Virginia Central Railroad Company |
| J Garnett Treasurer |
| of the Virginia Central Railroad Company |