| Quartermaster General's Department |
| Richmond Oct. 1st 1864 |
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| Messrs Phinizy & Cleyton |
| Augusta Geo |
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| Sirs, |
| Your communication has
been received. So much of it as related to transportation has been
referred to Lt Col Sims & will receive attention. |
| The factory proprietors
describe the cotton required by them as middling to good middling. |
| By order of QMG |
| WBB Cross Maj & QM |
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