NA, S&B 7/31/1861

Confederate States of America

To Sizer & Bro
 

1861

         

June & July

  Hauling 46 Loads Machinery from Va. C {Virginia Central} RR to R&P {Richmond & Petersburg} RR @ $1 each     46 00
    Hauling 34 Loads Gun Stocks & Furniture from Va. C RR to R&P RR @ 75c     25 50
    Hauling 3 Grind Stones from Va. C RR to R&P RR @ $2 each     6 00
    Hauling 2 Grind Stones from armory to R&P RR @ $1 each     2 00
    Hauling 1 Wagon Load furniture from Va C RR to R&P RR @ 75c       75
          $80 25
    Hauling 2 Wagon Loads furniture from Va C RR to R&P RR 2 75c     1 50
          $81 75
 
   I certify that the above account is correct and just, amounting to Eighty one dollars and seventy five cents and that the property has been received and accounted for.
W. S. Downer, M. S. K.
 
Richmond, Decr 2d 1861. Received from Smith Stansbury, Captain of Artillery, Eighty one dollars seventy five cents in full of the above account.
Sizer & Brothers
 
{A sample of the hauling from one railroad station to another in the same city. My guess is that the machinery was from Harpers Ferry and was headed to Fayetteville, N. C.}

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