| Agt Forage Dist. |
| Danville Oct. 6, 1864 |
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| Major C. S. Carrington Q. M. |
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Richmond
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Major,
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Having been informed by you that I will be immediately
ordered to receive and distribute all the Forage hereafter arriving at
Danville Va. from the South and South West, I would respectfully
suggest that I will be necessary for me to have the assistance of a
Bonded agent of the Quarter Master's Department. And I respectfully
nominate Littleton T. Waller, of James City County Va as a responsible
person to be appointed such Bonded agent. I have known him well for
many years; he is a gentleman of the highest character, intellectual
and moral; aged (57) fifty seven years, consequently exempt from
military duty; a refugee from home and property, and for the present
dependent upon his own personal devices for the support of his family;
was formerly for a number of years a Purser in the U. S. Navy, which
office he voluntarily resigned before the breaking out of the present
war; of accurate business habits and acquainted with Quarter Masters
accounts, having been employed by me (with the Express sanction of the
Quarter Master General) for the last fifteen months as my principal
agent in supplying forage & other Q. M. Stores to the Piedmont R.
R. while in process of construction. His employment in that connection
has just ceased in consequence of the completion of the R. R.
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I trust that this nomination will be approved by you, as
you are also personally well acquainted with Mr Wallace; and will be
sanctioned by the Q. M. General and the Hon. Secretary of War.
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Very respectfully &c
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H. Robertson
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Capt & A. Q. M.
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Approved
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A R Lawton
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Qr. Mr. Genl
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6 Oct '64
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