NA, QM 12/19/1863

Quartermaster General's Department
Richmond, Dec. 19th 1863
 
E. Fontaine
Prest. Va. Cent. RR Co.
Richmond, Va.
  
Sir,
   Your letter of the 15th instant to the Secretary of War, has been referred to this bureau.
   Your application that any spades, shovels, axes, or picks, you may be able to have collected from the camps of the enemy, near Fredericksburg, for the use of the Virginia Central Rail Road, is deemed unobjectionable. This letter will, therefore, serve as an order to all officers or agents of this Department, not to seize such of the above named tools, as may be collected by your agents, for that purpose.
A. R. Lawton, Q. M. Genl.

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