| Summary: | In the letter Forney discusses the appropriation of railroad cars and iron tracks from the Alabama and Florida Railroad of Florida, by the Confederate army; the rolling stock will be used by two other lines in the state (including the Montgomery and West Point Railroad): "In accordance with a request made by his Excellency, the Governor of this State, I enclose you a copy of an order, this day forwarded to Col Jno R F Tattnall...authorizing him to seize for the use of your road and that of the Mobile and Great Northern Rail Road Co, so much of the rolling stock of the Ala & Fla RR of Florida, as may be sufficient to enable the two first named roads to meet the demand on them for transportation." Pollard is to negotiate fair terms for the purchase or rental of the material during the war. A transcription is included.
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