NA, QM 1/18/1864

Quartermaster General's Department
Richmond, Jan. 18th 1864
 
Mr. C. O. Sanford
Supt. Petersburg RR Co.
Petersburg, Va.
  
Sir,
   Enclosed please find papers which have been referred to me by Captain P. H. Langdon, Assistant Quarter Master, at Weldon.
   It seems to me that your Company can make the desired arrangement agreed to by the W. & W. R. Rd. {Wilmington & Weldon RR} without additional responsibility and labor, and as it will greatly facilitate the movements of, and afford greater protection to Government Supplies in transit between this point and Wilmington, I respectfully request that you will acquiesce in the arrangement.
   It is usual when stores are turned over to a Depot Agent, for the Road which he represents to give a receipt for the same.
   Please return the enclosed with your reply.
A. R. Lawton, Q. M. Genl.

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