NA, ENG 8/16/1862

Engineer Bureau
Richmond, Augst. 16th 1862
  
Capt. W. H. Echols
Engineer in Charge -- Charleston, S. C.
  
Sir,
   Enclosed I send you a bill for Rail Road Iron used on fortifications, which has been referred to me by the Secretary of War with the endorsement that it should be paid in his opinion from the Engineer appropriations. As these expenditures were made in your department they are referred to you for settlement. Capt. H. M. Davenport, A. Q. M. at Savannah, Geo. is familiar with this claim.
Very Respectfully Yours
A. L. Rives
Acting Chf. Eng. Bureau

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