| Quartermaster General's Department |
| Richmond, February 7th 1862 |
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| Mr. John R. Branner |
| Pres. East Tenn & Va RR. |
| Knoxville, Tenn. |
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| Sir, |
| I have been requested by Mr. Sam Tate,
President of the Memphis & Charleston Rail Road Company to return
the two engines procured some time since for use on your road. Under
all the circumstances of the case I feel constrained to give them
back. You will therefore restore the same when called on for that
purpose |
| A. C. Myers, Q. M. General |
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