| Confederate States |
| To William McAbee |
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| Date of Purchase |
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Dollars |
Cents |
| June 1862 |
To the hire of 1 negro cook, a stove & cooking utensils
for use of Laborers on the construction of Bridge across
Tombigbee River Miss {Alabama &
Mississippi Rivers RR} |
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17 days at $ 3.00 per day |
$ 51 |
00 |
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I certify the above was in accordance with a verbal
contract made by Captain S. H. Lockett, Engrs, C. S. A.
there being no cooking utensils obtainable. |
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Wm McAbee |
$ 51 |
00 |
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| I certify that the above account is
correct and just; the articles are to be (or have been) accounted
for on my property return for the
quarter ending on the
day of
186 . |
| J M Wampler Capt. Engineers |
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| Received at Tupelo, Miss the 10th of
July 1862 of Col. Jno.??am, Chf Engineer, Army of Mississippi,
Fifty-one dollars and --- cents, in full of the above account. |
| Wm McAbee |
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