| Quartermaster General's Department |
| Richmond, Va. August 1, 1861 |
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| Captain T. K. Jackson |
| A. Q. Master |
| Lynchburg, Va. |
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| Sir, |
| Mr. R. L. Owen
{President, Virginia & Tennessee RR} Telegraphs me that 50 or 60
horses can be purchased at Lynchburg. See him and get the horses if you
can at one hundred and forty ($140) dollars and send them by turnpike to
Richmond. Pay in Confederate Bonds. |
| A. C. Myers, A. Q. M. General |
| Sent by telegram |
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