NA, RR 4/4/1862

Lot Contains about 1 3/4 Acres

Machine Shop (Rail Road runs through it between & near the depots)

1 Engine & boiler 18 horse power
4 Lathes
1 Large " for boring large wheels
1 Iron planer
1 Bolt cutter
2 Drills
1 Daniels wood planer
2 Small circular saws
1 Up & Down saw
1 Wood lathe
1 Axe handle or spike lathe
1 Grist mill
Foundry & a large collection of patterns
Blacksmith shop & Tools
Large House used for car building
Dwelling House & Kitchen
Portion of buildings brick and in good order ready to be put in operation
M. C. D.
April 4th 1862
Capt W. S. Downer
 
Sir,
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   Above is a list or inventory of a machine shop at this place the only one for sale, price ($10,000) Ten Thousand Dollars cash, you are to have one week from this date to decide, I consider it a bargain even in ordinary times and would advise you to make the purchase at once as such bargains are hard to find these times. 
Very Respectfully
Your obt Sevt
M. C. Daughtry
 
{on back of document}
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   Sends an Invoice & of a Machine Shop at Raleigh for Sale
{This machinery was bought by the Ordnance Department and probably shipped to Atlanta in late May, 1862}

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