From the Richmond Dispatch |
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August 12, 1862 |
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Office of R. & P. R.R. Co.
{Richmond & Petersburg RR} |
Richmond, June 27, 1861 |
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The following order has been received at this office: |
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Executive Department |
Richmond, June 27, 1861 |
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Sir, |
You will cause instructions to be issued to the proper
officers of your Road, to permit no one to pass over the same out of the
city who shall be without a permit from the Governor, or someone
authorized by him to give passports. |
Officers producing their commissions from the Government of
the Confederate States, or other States of the Confederacy, or their
orders, will be permitted to pass without other authority. |
By order |
S. Bassett French, A. D. C. to Governor of Virginia |
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To the President Richmond & Petersburg Railroad Company |
Notice is hereby given that all persons who travel on this Railroad will
be required to comply with the same. |
T. H. Wynne, Superintendent |
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