| Quartermaster General's Department |
| Richmond, 3 Oct. 1861 |
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| Saml Tate |
| Prest {Memphis & Charleston}
RR Co |
| Memphis Tenn |
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| Sir, |
| I have received your letter of the 23 ulto
and in reply inform you that I have sent a copy of your letter to Maj
Stevenson and required him to make a report to me on the case. |
| I will address you again when I have recd and read Maj
S. report on the subject. |
| A. C. Myers, Q. M. Genl |
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