| Supt. Officer N&D R. R. |
| Nashville Feby 2, 1861 |
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| Messrs Wharton & Patsch |
| Car Builders Charleston |
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| Dear Sir, |
| The Nashville & Decatur
Rail Road runs from Nashville Tenn. to Decatur Ala. It is formed by
the consolidation of the Tennessee & Alabama, the Central Southern
and the Tennessee & Alabama Rail Roads and takes the name of
Nashville & Decatur Rail Road Tenn. |
| This Road is in need of more
Freight Box Cars. The cars are wanting for immediate use. |
| I saw Col. Goodman of the
Miss. Central R. R. a day or two since. He said we could have the
twenty cars now at your shop for him. All Box. He said they
were ready for use. Can I get them, and at the same time and on the
same terms he was to have them. Let me know immediately. I shall want
after a little one hundred Box Cars. If I like yours and can make it
the interest of our Road to trade with you, I would like it. But I
want the twenty any how if all is right. |
| Yours Respectfly |
| W. O. A. Perkins, Gen. Supt. |
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