| Headquarters Department of Texas |
| Galveston, December 23, 1861 |
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| Commander W. W.
Hunter, C. S. Navy, commanding naval defenses of Galveston, will
furnish the collector of this port with a steamer, upon application,
for the purpose of transporting to a more secure place some railroad
iron, now in bond.
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| By order of
Brigadier-General P.O. Hebert:
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| Samuel Boyer Davis |
| Major and Assistant Adjutant General
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