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Confederate States, Quartermaster's Department
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| Railroad Bureau |
| Richmond, March 17th 1864 |
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| Received of Mr. D. H. Kinney, General Agent Rail Road
Commissioners for collecting and distributing railroad iron, the
following articles |
| 987 |
Nine hundred and eighty
seven iron rails, twenty one (21) feet long |
| 58 |
Fifty eight iron rails,
twenty (20) feet long |
| 6 |
Six iron rails sixteen & a half
(16 1/2) feet long |
19361 1/3 {pounds}
2240 {pounds per ton} |
7 tons |
| 1052 |
One thousand & fifty two railroad
chairs |
19,988 lbs |
|
| 19,800 |
Nineteen thousand eight hundred spikes |
9900 lbs |
|
| for which
I am accountable to the Confederate States |
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| |
| F. W. Sims |
| Lt Col & QM |
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| C. T. Pollard Eng. {President,
Montgomery & West Point RR and Alabama & Florida (of Alabama)
RR} |
| Dear Sir, Above is a receipt which you can
use in settlement with Mr. Kinney, Col C. F. M. Garnett informs me
that the arrangement has his approval. |
| Vy Respy |
| F. W. Sims |
| Lt. Col & QM |
| {the rail is enough for 2 miles
track, both rails, and was probably taken from the Alabama & Florida (of
Florida) RR. May have been used on the Montgomery connection.} |