| Wilmington & Weldon Railroad Co. |
| Office Engineer and Superintendent |
| Wilmington, N. C. Aug. 30th, 1863 |
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| Col. D. A. Barnes |
| Aid. D. C. to Gov. Vance |
| Raleigh, N. C. |
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| Colonel, |
| Your reply to my letter to
the Governor on the subject of shipping cotton by the "Advance"
was duly received -- and was in the main satisfactory but really His
Excellency will not divide five bales with us & the Atlantic {&
North Carolina Rail} Road
I hope. Five is a very small quantity, and we need very large
supplies while the "Atlantic" has a good claim to some accommodation
of the sort -- I put our request down very low to allow them to come
in above or below us not with us in five Bales --
suppose we say ten Bales and the divide pro rata as to length
of Road, and number of trains employed -- I would prefer that. However
we are obligated for any favors of the kind. Yet remember the
state owns $400,000, in this road out of $1,500,000 & I hope the
importance of our Road as to the interests of the state either in
peace or war is not underrated. |
| I will in this connection say
if you will excuse the "connection" -- that we have an
Engine recently purchased of the York River and Richmond {Richmond
& York River} Rail Road,
built in Richmond before the war now thoroughly rebuilt here and in
good order that will go on the road in two weeks or less that I
propose to honor with the name of "Governor Vance." Hoping
his Excellency will not object to it and that the Engine may do the
company good service as the Governor is now doing the State. |
| I am yours sincerely, |
| S. L. Fremont |
| ChfEng. & Supt. |
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