| Engineer Bureau |
| January 18th 1864 |
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| C. O. Sanford Esqr |
| Prest & Supt Petersburg RR |
| Petersburg Va |
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| Sir, |
| Mr Abraham Briston of Petersburg Va offers
to supply me, at very moderate rates with oak and hickory lumber, to be
delivered on the road between Petersburg & Weldon
{the Petersburg RR}, at a point eighteen miles from Petersburg.
Please inform me whether in the event of my accepting his offer it would
be possible to obtain transportation to Petersburg for ten thousand feet
per month. |
| Respy Your Obt Servt |
| A. L. Rives |
| Lt Col & Actg Chf of Bureau |
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