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Mayors Office City of Mobile, July 3d 1866. General, I think I understood you about the filling the ditches & levelling the fortifications surrounding this place, but the matter is too important, to justify my acting under the possibility of a doubt. My understanding of your instructions I will briefly state. Sell all the material in magazines, bombproofs &c & credit you with the amount. Contract for filling ditches, taking lowest bid after due notice published & debit you with the cost. Deduct amount from Sale of Material, and the balance of Cost of levelling, you will pay. Please inform me, at your earliest convenience, if I correctly state your position. Any suggestions tending to facilitate the work, I shall be pleased to receive from you. Very respectfully yours &c &c J. M. Withers. Major Genl W. Swayne Comdg &c &c Montgomery Ala