| The Confederate States |
| To Jno W. Lucy |
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| 1864 |
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Dollars |
Cents |
| May 14 |
For Loading 752 bars {about
1 1/4 miles, both tracks} Railroad iron with chairs
& spikes for same {would have
required about 17 cars} |
404 |
70 |
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For Expenses in moving Engine & Cars from
Pollard Ala to Montgomery |
75 |
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For Boxing collecting and transporting 770 lbs
Bridge Spikes from Jackson Miss to McDowell Landing |
100 |
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$579 |
70 |
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I certify that the above account is correct and just;
that the services were rendered as stated; and that they were
necessary for the public service.
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Minor Meriwether
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LtCol Engineers P. A. C. S. & Cenvy
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Received at Demopolis Ala the 4th day of August 1864 of
Lt Col Minor Meriwether Engineer Corps C. S. A. the sum of Five
Hundred & Seventy Nine dollars and Seventy cents in full of the
above account.
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J. W. Lucy
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{Very likely iron from the Alabama & Florida
(of Florida) RR being taken to work on the bridge across the Tombigbee
River on the Alabama & Mississippi Rivers RR}
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