LVA, RF&P 2/15B/1862

{From the minutes of the Directors' Meeting of the Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac RR, February 15, 1862}

 
   The President also stated that the necessities of the Railroads in the Confederate States, in the matter of materials for repairs & equipment had induced a conference of the Presidents of the Railroads in the State of Va, who upon consultation as to the best means to be adopted for supplying their wants, determined to call a Convention of all the Railroads in the Southern Confederacy which Convention had been held, & the results of whose labors he submitted in printed form. This Convention having divided the Railroads in the Confederacy into districts, and a Convention of the officers of the Roads of the district to which this Company was assigned having been called to meet in a few days, the President desired to be instructed as to the line of policy he should adopt.
   Whereupon it was Resolved that the President of the Company be instructed to adhere to the policy indicated in the resolutions of the Committee of the previous meeting made to the Convention and referred to in their proceedings.

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