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Quartermaster's Department C S A
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No
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| Manassas Junction, Va., October 30th 1861 |
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| To the Superintendent of the Va Central Railroad |
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| Be pleased to furnish transportation for |
| 1 Car Load containing 1 large Boiler for Stationary
Engine |
| also |
| 1 Car Load containing 3 Packages, 2
Barrels, 3 Bbls partially filled with oil, 2 Boxes, 1 Frame of Engine
with fixtures |
| also |
| one half Car Load containing 1 Furnace
Plate 1 Large Band Vessel, 2 Pulleys & Cranks |
| For Col. J. Gorgas, Richmond |
| also |
| one half Car Load containing 3 Pair New
Locomotive Wheels & Axles for Jno McFarland |
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| on your railroad from Gordonsville to
Richmond |
| Wm F. Notinger asst QM |
| {Where did
Gordonsville get this kind of material to ship? I think all of this
must be material from the Baltimore & Ohio RR operation. The
locomotive wheels being sent to John McFarland (a member of Capt.
Sharp's B&O and Locomotive Shop force) make it clear to me.} |