| Office of Chief of Subsistence |
| 2d Dis. Dep. of Miss. & East La. |
| Vicksburg Feby 6th 1863 |
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| Cap. D. H. Thomas |
| Post Q. M. |
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| Dear Sir, |
| I got from Mr Klein thirty
eight hundred (3,800) feet of lumber for the Govt. mill; the lumber has
been used in constructing platform for the mill stores at the house
known as the Rail Road Machine Shop {Southern (of
Mississippi) RR}, now called the "Govt. Mills." |
| Please pay the bill & oblige |
| Yours Respectfully |
| Thos. B. Reed |
| Maj. & C. S. |
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