NP, RD 7/23/1861

From the Richmond Daily Dispatch
 
July 23, 1861
  
Central as carded
   The contract for connecting the {Richmond &} Petersburg and Fredericksburg {Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac} Railroads by means of a railway through this city, has been awarded to Mr. David Bissett, of Petersburg, who will, it is said, proceed immediately in the execution of the work. which was declared sometime since to be a military necessity.

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