| Confederate States Navy Department |
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| Per |
| |
| To NO Opelousas & GW RR Co {New
Orleans, Opelousas & Great Western RR} |
| |
| 225 |
Bars 24 ft long |
51.5.1.8@50 |
$2563.30 |
|
|
Permit & Duties |
paid |
249.35 |
$2812.65 |
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| I certify that the above Rail Road Iron
has been received and used by me in the construction of Gun
Carriages for the Navy. |
| John Roy |
| Superintendent of Gun Carriage Construction |
| |
| |
| Approved and Navy Agent W. B. Howell
will pay the above sum of Twenty Eight Hundred Twelve Dollars and
Sixty five cents. |
| J. W. Mitchell |
| Commandant |
| Received, New Orleans, 22d March 1862 of
W. B. Howell, Navy Agent, the sum of Two thousand eight hundred
& twelve Dollars and Sixty five cents, in payment of the
above. |
| Charles J. Daron |
| Secretary N O, Opelousas &
G W R Road Company |
| {the length of the bars equals
just slightly more than 1/2 mile, both tracks; bars weighed about 50
lbs per yard} |