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U. S. Subsistence Department
Mobile, Ala., Oct. 26th 1866

General,
I write in haste to ascertain whether you wish me to limit my purchases (expenses included) to $40,000 or whether you wish the full amount called for by Mr. Cruikshanks estimate, to be bought and shipped as soon as possible — Forty thousand dollars will not buy all that the estimate calls for — Do you think it would be better to ship the supplies for Eufaula to Montgomery? There seems to be no direct way of shipping to Eufaula. If the Black Warrior River is too low to get stores to Tuscaloosa Cannot the Demopolis Agent receipt for them?

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Eufaula Alabama confirmed via web