| The following is quoted from Bruce, "Virginia Iron
Manufacture in the Slave Era," published in 1930. The book
references and partially quotes letters to and from the Tredegar
Iron Works which are now too fragile to be allowed to be seen by
researchers. Should the letters be found in other locations, the
quotations will be updated. |
| |
| pp. 423 - 424 |
| {At the start of
1865} The various departments of the government owed Anderson
and his partners nearly a million dollars. |
| C. S. Navy Department |
$129,393 |
| C. S. Ordnance Department |
161,004 |
| Call Certificates of C. S. Treasury |
250,000 |
| C. S. Nitre and Mining Bureau for completion of rail
mill |
150,000 |
| C. S. Railroad Bureau |
200,000 |
| the
Railroad Bureau would soon be increased to $400,000 |
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| {Amounts due J. R. Anderson by
Ordnance Bureau, Tredegar Letter Book (MS), Navy Department, ibid, p
306, J. R. Anderson and Company to S. R. Mallory, G. A. Trenholm,
Colonel I. M. St. John, J. R. Bell, February 1, Colonel F. W. Sims,
Railroad Bureau, February 10, and General J. Gorgas, February 13,
1865, Tredegar Letter Book (MS)} |
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