| Hd. Qrs. Dept of East Tenn |
| Knoxville Oct 2nd/62 |
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Hon. Geo. W. Randolph |
| Secy of War |
| Richmond Va. |
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| Does your telegram of yesterday refer to
iron at the Tredegar Works, or at Cartersville, Georgia. I had written
in regard to both. If the furnaces at Cartersville can be allowed to
furnish the iron, please so inform me. |
| The Bridge Contractor is waiting for it &
can get it no where else. |
| Saml Jones |
| Maj Genl Comdg |
| {regarding the Bridgeport Bridge
on the Nashville & Chattanooga RR} |
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