| Endorsement on letter from Col C. F. M.
Garnett in reference to a proposal by Wm Johnson {President
of the Charlotte & South Carolina RR and the Atlantic, Tennessee
& Ohio RR} to construct a Road
from Columbia to Augusta. The government granting certain facilities.
Dated 20 Jany 64. |
| Engr Bureau 14th Mch 1864. Respy returned
to Col C. F. M. Garnett Commissioner. The Hon Sec of War desires you
to make fresh inquiries & report upon the within question as
affected by recent laws &c what proposition the parties are
willing to offer now. |
| A. L. Rives |
| Lt Col &c &c |
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