| Quartermaster General's Department |
| Richmond, August 13, 1863 |
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| Mr. S. L. Fremont |
| Supt. Wil. & Wel. RR {Superintendent,
Wilmington & Weldon RR} |
| Wilmington, N. C. |
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| Sir, |
| I have received your letter of the 4th
instant, enclosing two accounts in favor of the Wilmington &
Weldon Rail Road -- one for sixty dollars, for services of three
passenger cars impressed by Captain Troutman, Assistant Quarter
Master, and sent from Weldon to Blackwater; the other for Four hundred
and thirty eight 60/100 dollars for train of seventeen cars impressed
and sent from Weldon to Richmond in July, 1863. |
| These accounts have been examined. That,
first named, for $60 is sustained by the letter of Captain Troutman,
attached thereto, and is correct. |
| The other, for $438.60 is also correct, as
regards rates and distances, but requires to be supported by the
certificate referred to in Captain Troutman's letter. |
| The accounts are herewith returned to you,
and will be paid by the auditing officer, when the certificate
referred to is attached to the last named. |
| A. R. Lawton, Q. M. Genl |
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