| Southern
Telegraph Form |
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| Received at Atlanta Feby 17 1863 at
o'clock
minutes |
| By telegraph from Richmond 16 To Capt. L. P. Grant
Eng Corps |
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| Your letters of the sixth & twelfth inst recd. What
will be about the number of negroes comprising the grading force for the
salt works in Alabama & for how long a period will they probably be
needed. |
| J. F. Gilmer |
| Col & Chf Engrs |
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