| Quartermaster General's Department |
| Richmond, 20 Nov. 1861 |
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| Capt E B Branch |
| AQM Petersburg |
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| Sir, |
| Furnish transportation for such laborers as Bessit may
wish to send to Manassas under contract with Genl Johnston
{probably to build the Centreville RR}. I
direct Mr Morfit by mail this day to transfer to you his duties. |
| A. C. Myers, A. Q. M. G. |
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