| Engineer Bureau |
| June 24, 1864 |
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| Lt. Col. M. Meriwether |
| Corps Engrs Demopolis, Ala. |
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| Colonel, |
| ***** |
| I would also enquire if the expenses
attending to the removal of iron &c is to be added to the price
charged the R. R. Companies for the same? If not they should be. They
need not be added at the present to materials turned over to other
branches of the Government. |
| ***** |
| Very Resp'y yours |
| A. L. Rives |
| Col. &c |
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