| Quartermaster General's Department |
| Richmond, August 10th 1864 |
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| Hon. S. R. Mallory |
| Secy of Navy |
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| Col. L. Northrop |
| Commissary Genl |
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| Dr. S. P. Moore |
| Surgeon Genl |
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| Sis, |
| In order to avoid the
injurious effects resulting from competition, in purchasing corn,
between Agents of the different Depts, I propose, after some fixed date,
to undertake to supply them with all the corn they may need on condition
that they withdraw entirely from the market. Should you accede to this
arrangement, you will please notify me of that fact and will furnish me
with as definite information as possible as to the quantities required
by you monthly & the localities at which it shall be delivered. |
| In the great scarcity of corn
in some sections, and the difficulties attending transportation
everywhere, accumulations of corn will be impossible, nor can this
Bureau pledge itself to meet promptly & certainly every
requisition. But every effort will be made to do all that can be
done & other Depts & Bureaux entitled shall be placed upon an equal
footing with this, in the distribution of the supplies obtained. |
| A. R. Lawton QMGenl |
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