| Engineer Bureau |
| Richmond, January 29th, 1863 |
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| Judge Thos. A. Walker |
| President, Ala. & Tenn. R. Rd. {Alabama
& Tennessee River RR} |
| Selma, Ala. |
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| Your telegram of the twenty-eighth (28th)
received. Decision will not be until copy of the amended charter is
received. It is very probable however a mortgage on your whole road
will be required. |
| J. F. Gilmer |
| Colonel & Chf. Engineer Bureau |
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