NA, ENG 9/17/1863

Engineer Bureau
Sept. 17, 1863
 
Brig. Gen. Lawton Q. M. General
Richmond, Va.
 
General,
   Three grindstones belonging to the Va. Penitentiary are now at Raleigh, N. C. awaiting transportation to this city & as they are very much needed by that institution for the manufacture of axes for this Bureau, I respectfully ask that the Rail Road authorities at Raleigh be requested to give precedence to their transportation.
Yours respectfully yours
A. L. Rives
Lt. Col. & Actg Chf Bur.

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