| The Confederate States |
| To Southern Telegraph Co |
| |
| 186 |
|
Dollars |
Cts |
| |
For dispatches sent - received
and keeping the line open for transportation purposes at
this (Goldsboro Office) by Maj J D Whitford for the month
January 1864. Seventy four dollars and forty nine
cents. |
74 |
49 |
| |
Also for telegrams sent month
February 1864 |
3 |
75 |
| |
|
$78 |
24 |
|
| |
| I certify that the above account is
correct and just; that the services were rendered as stated; and
that they were necessary for the public service. |
| John D Whitford Quartermaster |
| |
| Received at Richmond the 17 day of ???
1864 of Lt Col F W Sims Quartermaster C. S. Army, the sum of Seventy
Eight Dollars and twenty four Cents, in full of the above account. |
| D S Ryan |
| Maj & QM |