| Quartermaster General's Department |
| Richmond, Dec. 19th 1863 |
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| Major W. W. Pearce |
| QM |
| Raleigh, N. C. |
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| Sir, |
| Your letter of the 18th instant has been
received. |
| In reply you are informed that you are
entirely correct in making the market price of public stores
lost, by the Rail Road, the measure of damages to be charged against
the Rail Road. Companies. |
| A. R. Lawton, Q. M. Genl. |
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