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The flouring mills in & around
Clarksville make annually 250000 Bbls of flour.
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| The supply of wheat for these mills has
heretofore been drawn principally from Kentucky. |
| The market for a majority of the farmers
on the Memphis Branch Railroad has been Clarksville. I do not believe
that the grain now for sale on or near the Memphis Branch RR can with
speed or certainty be ground without the use of the mills referred to. |
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The grain now in store in said RR
constitutes a small proportion of the amt already purchased &
partially paid for by Clarksville mills.
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| It is suggested that as a measure of
relief to Producers & Purchasers , as well as a means of speedily
& certainly accumulating an ample supply of flour for the army,
that no restriction shall be made upon shipments of flour or grain as
far Southward as Clarksville, but that the interdiction shall begin
at Clarksville, cutting off shipment of flour from Clarksville
southward. |
| Geo. B. Fleece Supt |
| MC&L {Memphis, Clarksville
& Louisville} & Mem Branch RR |
| Oct 30th 1861 |
| {No indication who was to receive
this letter} |