NA, A&F 3/4A/1864

Demopolis, Ala 4 March 1864
 
Lt Col A. L. Rives Acting Chief of Engineer Bureau at Richmond Va. will pay Owen M Avery President of the Alabama and Florida Railroad Company of Florida, one hundred and eighty thousand dollars, $180,000.00, for two Locomotives, "Perseverance" and "Dart" impressed by D. H. Kenney {document torn and missing here} of the "Commission for Collection and Distribution of Iron": that {document torn and missing here} ing the final valuation fixed by the State Commissioner of Alabama ($100,000.00 for the "Perseverance" & $80,000.00 for the "Dart") for the two locomotives upon appeals from the award of the local appraisers.
Minor Meriwether
Major Engineers P.A.C.S. & Commissioner

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