| Engineer Bureau |
| January 23rd 1864 |
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| A J Rahm & Co |
| Eagle Iron Works |
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| Gentlemen, |
| You will please allow Mr M. J. Hedges, Agt
for Mobile & Ohio RR Co to purchase at contract price one hundred (100)
shovels from among those manufactured by you for this Bureau. |
| Very Respectfully |
| A L Rives |
| Lt Col &c |
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