| The Confederate States |
| To James M. Brown President G. H. & H. R. R. Co. |
| |
| 1861 |
|
Dolls |
Cts |
| Decbr 23rd |
For the use of the Galveston, Houston
& Henderson Rail Road, as per annexed contract, from the
30th day of November 1861, to the 23rd of December 1861, dates
inclusive, Twenty four days at the rate of Twenty Five thousand
dollars per month |
19,381 |
71 |
| |
overcharge
disallowed |
26 |
87 |
| |
|
$19,354 |
84 |
|
| |
| I certify that the above account is
correct and just; that the services were rendered as stated; and that
they were necessary for the public service, and that the annexed
contract was entered into by me on behalf of the C. S. Government by
order of Genl. P. O. Hebert, Comdg the Dept. of Texas. |
| Lackfield Maclin |
| Major C. S. Army, Actg Ch'f. Qr. Mr. Dept. of Texas |
| |
| Received at Richmond Va. the 29th of April
1862 of Lieut Col Larkin Smith Asst. Quartermaster Genl. Confederate
States Army, the sum of Nineteen Thousand Three Hundred Fifty Four
Dollars and eighty four Cents, in full of the above account. |
| JL Briggs Aterny & Vice President |
| Galveston Houston & Henderson R R Co |