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Georgia Rail Road
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Augusta Dec 14 1864
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| Lt Col F W Sims |
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| Dear Sir, |
| The Govt owes us about $200000 00/00 for
transportation for Sept, Oct & Nov and we shall shortly be out of
funds. We understand that Roads are required to send their accounts to
Richmond to be audited and the money to be requested there. |
| We regret that such an order should have
been found necessary, and have been discouraged from complying with
it, hearing that owing to the difficulties surrounding Richmond in
some cases it had been found impossible to audit the accounts and
difficulties were experienced in being unable to refer to the office
papers of the Road. |
| The ??? is now ??? by the possibility of
the enemy shortly threatening the route between Augusta and Richmond. |
| As Roads west of us are cut and the
difficulty of communication with Richmond increases it is to the
interest of all concerned that Roads should not be embarrassed by
anything which can be obviated. I would respectfully ask consideration
to the propriety of returning to the old plan of having an auditor
for, and the Roads to be paid at some accessible point, than Richmond. |
| Please excuse the digression from the
object of this communication which is, to ask for advise as to my best
course to proceed in collecting funds which will be necessary to carry
on our business. This will be a matter of importance not only to this
Road, but also to the Govt in rebuilding our Road to Atlanta. |
| Yours Respy |
| Geo Yonge Supt |
| for J I Lathrop |