NA, RRB 5/20O/1862

The Confederate States

To P W Nelson
 
Date of Purchase 1862

 

Dollars Cts
May 20 1862 For 4 Horses               125.00 500 00
 

$

500 00
 
   I certify that the above account is correct and just; that the articles are to be or have been accounted for me on my property return for the quarter ending on the 31 day of Decr 1862.
Thos. R. Sharp Quartermaster
 
   Received at Mt Jackson the 31 day of Decr 1862 of Capt Thos R Sharp Asst Quartermaster C. S. Army, the sum of Five hundred Dollars and --- Cents, in full of the above account.
P. W. Nelson
   Impressed property paid for by Government Decem 1862. The "date of purchase" in the margin of a/c appended being the date on which the Government ceased to pay hire on the property, is therefore assumed as the correct date of purchase.
Thos R Sharp Capt & AQM

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