| From the Southern Confederacy (Atlanta,
Ga.) |
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| May 5, 1861 |
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| Response of the Mayor to the Macon &
Western Railroad Company |
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| Mr. Isaac Scott |
| President of the Macon & Western
Railroad Co. |
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| Dear Sir, |
| Yours of the 2d instant,
informing me that your Company had appropriated the sum of Five
Hundred Dollars, to be paid into my hands, (which is deposited subject
to my order,) with the request that the same be used in aid of the
support of the families of such persons as had left their homes and
gone into the Army, to serve in the defence of their country, was
handed to me this morning by Mr. A. G. Ware, your worthy and efficient
Agent at this place. |
| As Mayor of the city, I accept
the trust, and will carry out the request of the Company. |
| This noble example on the part
of the Macon & Western Railroad Company is worthy of the very
highest consideration, and the imitation of our people and
corporations; and it will serve as an additional link to bind our
people and your people closer and nearer together; and will go far to
aid in relieving the wants of the families of the soldiers. God bless
them and their families! May they never suffer nor want, and may the
soldiers never fall by the hands of the enemy. |
| Please accept the gratitude of
my heart, and the gratitude of the soldiers and their families and
friends, for the Five Hundred Dollars so generously and magnanimously
appropriated. |
| Yours truly, |
| Jared I. Whitaker |
| Mayor of Atlanta |
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