| Richmond & Danville Rail Road |
| Superintendent's Office |
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Richmond, June 20, 1864 |
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| Lieut Col. F. W. Sims |
| Chf R. Rd Bureau |
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| Sir, |
| Yours of the 26th ult. to Qr.
Master Genl. applying for teams to haul wood for this Company is
received & endorsements noted. |
| We are not now in want of
teams as we have received those formerly employed in building the
Piedmont Road. |
| I am sure that your experience
in transactions & negotiations with this Company enables you to refute
the charge of parsimony brought against it by a man who never had a
transaction with it in his life & whose charge is the result of
ignorance of facts, and the preemption resting upon it. |
| Respy Your Obt Servt |
| Lewis E Harvie President |
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