| The Confederate States |
| Appropriation for Engineer Service |
| To L. Lewis |
|
|
| Date 1863 |
|
Dollars |
Cts |
| Oct. 19 |
Services of 20 negroes sent up to
Hamilton's X on Sunday to load the iron which off of the road
in Stafford at $7.00 per day |
140 |
00 |
| |
Services of Superintendent |
10 |
00 |
| |
This force belongs to the Navy Dept
& according to the rules of that Dept are paid double
wages for working on Sunday |
|
|
| |
Amount |
$150 |
00 |
|
| |
| I certify that the above
account is correct and just, amounting to one hundred & fifty
dollars. |
| Chas. F. M. Garnett Commissioner |
| |
| Received at Richmond the 19th
of October 1863 of C. F. M. Garnett Commissioner One hundred and fifty
Dollars and ----- Cents, in full of the above account. |
| L. Lewis |
| {Stafford is 10 miles
north east of Fredericksburg and Hamilton's Crossing was 5 miles south
of the city. Both are on the Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac
RR} |