| Quartermaster General's Department |
| Richmond, June 1, 1863 |
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| Dr. G. G. Griffin |
| Prest. Miss. R. R. R. {President,
Alabama & Mississippi Rivers RR} |
| Demopolis, Ala. |
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| Sir, |
| Your letter of the 22d ultimo has been
received. |
| The contract between your company and the
President of the N. E. & S. W. Rail Road not having been
satisfied, the lease is, I infer, at an end. It appears, however, from
your statement, that the Alabama & Mississippi Rivers Rail Road
Company is still in possession of and running the N. E. & S. W. {Northeast
& Southwest Alabama} Road. |
| Under these circumstances I deem it my
duty to notify you, formally, that the Government expects that the
compensation for this occupancy of the N. E. & S. W. Road will not
be paid over to its authorities, but that it will be held by you to
be paid on account for the Governments claim for reimbursement of the
sum advanced by it, as stated in my former letter to your on this
subject. |
| A. C. Myers, Q. M. Genl. |
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