| Feby 8th 1865 |
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| Capt. S. J. Crafton |
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A. Q. M. Charleston S. C.
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| Captain, |
| A lot of 32 boxes shoes was shipped you by
Capt Carrington in Sept. Part of which you report 95 pairs short. |
| There is difficulty in locating the party
responsible for the loss, and to enable me to do so please let me know
at your earliest convenience whether you discovered the damage before
the boxes were taken from the depot; the packages examined and the
loss of 95 pairs shoes ascertained before they were moved from the
depot, was the robbery from one, two or more of the boxes; did the
packages bear evidence, externally, of theft & did you call a
board of inventory in accordance with army regulations? |
| If the survey was called, please send me
copy of the proceedings. |
| Very respy |
| F. W. Sims |
| Lt. Col. &c |
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