| Southern
Telegraph |
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| Received at Rich May 6 1862
at
o'clock, minutes |
| By telegraph from Petersburg 6 To The
Hon'l Secty of War G. H. Randolph |
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| We believe an effort is making here to
require the Railroads to take off tobacco to the prejudice of others
who hold sugar flour bacon and other commodities. You see the
injustice of such an order to the Provost Marshall. The latter
products are worth more to the country than tobacco. |
| Thos Branch & ??? |
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