NP, RD 5/4A/1861

From the Richmond Dispatch
 
May 4, 1861
 
Aid proffered
   Mr. R. F. Bibb, contractor on the Covington & Ohio Railroad, who has about 150 of the negro convicts from the Penitentiary in his employ, was in the city yesterday for the purpose of offering their services to the Governor to work on fortifications for the defence of the State.

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