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Tallahassee, March 13th 1862 |
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Resolution of Executive Council, passed March 4th 1862. |
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Resolved, That the Governor be authorized to have taken up such
portions of the Rail Road Iron on the Florida Rail Road, when the Troops
shall have been removed from Fernandina, as the public security demands,
and remove the same to a place of safety. |
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Adopted, M D Papy, Wiggins & Simpkins vote Yea |
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E. Houston Esq. |
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Genl Trapier having ordered the Iron taken up from
Fernandina to Baldwin, you are requested to send the trains necessary to
assist in moving the Rails as they are taken up to a place of safety,
beyond the reach of the enemy. |
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(Genl Trapier has authority from the Government) |
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John Milton |
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Governor of Florida |
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{46 miles of 58# per yard rail would require about
600 cars, mostly flats} |