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Head Quarters Dist. of the Gulf |
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Mobile Nov 18 1862
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| C. T. Pollard Esq |
| Presdt Montgomery & West Point and Ala & Fla RR
Co of Ala |
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Montgomery
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Sir,
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In accordance with a request made by his Excellency, the
Governor of this State, I enclose you a copy of an order, this day
forwarded to Col Jno R F Tattnall, Comdg Detachment of Observation at
Pollard, authorizing him to seize for the use of your road and that of
the Mobile & Great Northern Rail Road Co, so much of the rolling
stock of the Ala & Fla RR of Florida as may be sufficient to
enable the two first named roads to meet the demand on them for
transportation.
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I also enclose you an extract from a letter on the same
subject to the Presdt of the Ala & Fla RR Co of Fla.
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You are requested to negotiate with said Co, (in conjunction
with the Presdt of the Mobile & Great Northern RR Co who has been
written to on the subject) for the sale or use of said stock. In case
you can not agree I respectfully suggest a reference of the matter to
the Rail Road Superintendent of roads named in my letter to the Presdt
of the Ala & Fla RR Co of Fla.
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The seizure is ordered as a temporary necessity, and
cannot be allowed to prejudice the rights of the Ala & Fla RR of
Fla in the negotiation suggested, and you must offer fair, and liberal
terms to obtain the consent of said Co.
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Your Co will also be required to enter into the
obligation proposed by you to return to the Ala & Fla RR Co of Fla
at the close of the War, engines, and cars of equal capacity and
value, to those taken by your Company, and to pay a just compensation
for their use, in case said Company refuses to sell.
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Very Respectfully
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Your obt Servt.
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J. H. Forney
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Maj Genl. Comdg
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