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Mobile, Jan. 24 64 |
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Col. G. C. Dainer |
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Chief of Staff |
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Colonel, |
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I respectfully request an order on the M. & O. R. R. Co.
{Mobile & Ohio RR} for four freight cars to
transport cotton seed, belonging to Mr. Toulmin J. Co?ce, from
to Mobile -- provided this arrangement will not interfere with
transportation of troops. The seed is needed for manufacture of oil for
use of Eng't Dep't. |
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Very respectfully |
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V. Sheliha |
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Lt. Col. and Chf Eng. Dept Gulf |
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