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1077 Petersburg Va Septr 11th 1865

I, Mr. James do hereby certify that during the whole of the year 1864 I was foreman of the company in this city known as "the Petersburg Iron Works" and that sometime in that year "August as well as November) the agent of the so called Confederate States inspected and took away from the shops of said company in this city and carried to Danville Va the following 1 large lathe 
1 large planer
1 small drill prep to back to pert
1 smaller lathe
1 steam hammer [[/strikethrough]] [[?]] 3 of the [[?]] about the tools. [[strikethrough]]
I have recently heard that all of the above were carried by the agent of the United States Government to Norfolk Va Your James

Sworn to before me Charles E. Perkinson a Notary Public in & for the city of Petersburg in the State of Virginia. Given under my hand this 11th of September 1865 and under my notarial seal.

Chas. E Perkinson
Notary Public [[/image]] Chas E. Perkinson Petersburg Va NP [[image]] [[/image/three in duplicate stamps]] U.S. INTER REV. U.S. INTER REV. TWO CENTS 2 2 2 2 CEP Sept 11th 1865 [[image/three in duplicate stamps]]