| Selma April 7th 1864 |
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| Mr A T Jones |
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| Dr Sir, |
| I went to Uniontown yesterday
and through the friendship of the conductor I procured two cars which
I loaded with corn and will send up by tomorrow's (Fridays) fght
train. I am having one car loaded here with Mrs King's corn which I
expect to send up Monday -- making six cars this week. I expect to get
some cars loaded on the regular corn {Word
missing where page is torn} which goes to
the Canebreak Saturday. I have heard nothing from Mr Wallace yet. Mr R
W Moore wants to see you immediately in reference to the contract for
finishing your rail road {Shelby Iron
Works RR} from the depot to the works. He
goes to Ashley Station today. Corn sold yesterday at Uniontown for
3.00 pr Bu, Bacon sell here for 5.00 Beef 2.50 Meal 4.00 Molasses
$20.00 |
| Yours truly &c |
| J. M. Zillman |
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| {Thanks to Trish
Kaufmann,
of www.webuystamps.com,
for providing a scan of this letter, which she has for sale.} |
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