NA, QM 1/3/1862

Quartermaster General's Department
Richmond Jan 3d, 1862
 
Hon. J. P. Benjamin
Secretary of War
  
Sir,
   In obedience to your instructions, I have the honor to report 1st That three thousand (3000) tons of iron rails have been furnished to the Winchester & Potomac rail road company under the contract made with that company for the delivery of the iron taken from the Baltimore & Ohio road. 2nd That about one hundred and fifty (150) tons have been laid on the tract of the Winchester & Potomac road. 3rd The price to be paid is fifty dollars per ton. 4th The amount now due to that company from the Government for transportation is two thousand one hundred and seventy eight 02/100 dollars ($2,178.02). This amount does not include that due for the month of December, which has not been ascertained.
A. C. Myers, Q. M. General

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