| Received at Richmond Jany 5 1864 at ... o'clock, ... minutes, |
| By telegraph from Wilmington 5. To
Maj F W Sims QM |
| |
| I have comparatively little corn at my station and my
own trains are now running on it the foreign trains are not under my
control about the matter of way freight & I cannot therefore
order them on to way freights |
| H M Drane |
| {File data on reverse} Henry
M. Drane {Superintendent, Wilmington &
Manchester RR} |
| Wilmington Jan 5th 1864 |
| Stating that there is but little Corn on his road |