| State of Virginia |
| City of Richmond To wit |
| I, R. L. Owen President of
Virginia & Tennessee Rail Road Company depose & say that, the
accompanying accounts, viz: |
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$ 68, 631.87 |
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$ 43,206.80 |
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$ 58,024.01 |
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$ 169,862.68 |
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| less deductions in auditing |
9,067.15 = |
$160,795.53 |
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are correct and just, that the services were rendered to the
Confederate States & that the rates charged are those allowed by
the Qr Master General -- furthermore that the services were rendered
at a time when the Richd & Danville, the South Side & the
Richd & Petersburg Roads were cut & the City of Lynchburg was
threatened by the Enemy and it was impossible to send necessary
supplies to the Army except by the trains of the Va. & Tennessee R
Road.
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It was impossible to procure vouchers as it was not known
how far these trains would have to carry the stores before the trains
of the other roads could take them.
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It was at a time too of great excitement when the regular
channels of business were interrupted & access could not be had to
local Qr Masters. The services were ??? under the sanction of Col. F.
W. Sims Qr Mr whose recommendation of payment with the Qr Mr General's
approval accompanies the account. Witness my hand this 26th day of
August 1864.
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