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Office Atlantic & North Carolina R. Road Co. |
| Goldsboro, N. C. June 4th 1864 |
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| Col P. Mallet |
| Commandant of Conscripts for NoCa. |
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| Col., |
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On yesterday Davies E Lawrence one of the Locomotive
Engineers of this Company was arrested by order of the conscript
officer at this place & sent to Raleigh, Mr Lawrence has been on the
service of this Company for some time & his name was returned to you
both in May & June as one of the employees of the Co & in accordance
with your letter of the 19th March last & instruction in Circular No
813rd pages from the Bureau of Conscription Richmond so far as I
know all the instructions regulations & laws in reference to this
subject have been complied with thereupon I wrote you to ascertain
why the man was arrested & taken from our service. A Locomotive
Engineer is currently indispensable to the efficient operations of a
Rail Road. |
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I apprehend there is some mistake about the matter & I just
beg you to look into it at once & have him sent back. |
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Yours Very Resp |
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J. D. W. {John D. Whitfield} |
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Pres
{President} |