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thousand nine hundred pounds (£99,900), and therefore did
not need the one million of bonds above mentioned. And the
bonds to that amount are now deposited in the Manchester &
County Bank, Manchester, England, for safe keeping in the
name of John White, as agent for the State of North Caro-
lina. You will remember that in your letter to me dated 1
April, 1863, you informed me that Messrs. Sterling, Camp-
bell & Albright, of Greensboro, N.. C., desired to purchase
certain articles for their book publishing house, and had de-
posited with you two hundred and two (202) bales of cotton,
averaging about 470 pounds each, and two thousand five hun-
dred (2,500) barrels of rosin, and you requested me if I had
been successful in securing a loan upon our cotton to advance
to them through their agent, W. Hargrave White, as much
money as this amount of cotton and rosin may come to accord-
ing to the terms at which I might have sold ours. I accord-
ingly advanced to them through Mr. W. H. White the sum

of two thousand eight hundred pounds (£2,800) for which L
took his receipt. The purchasers of the bonds which were

sold with my consent paid the money into the Manchester &
County Bank, at Manchester. In making payment for arti-
cles purchased by me as commissioner for the State, and in
paying sums which I was directed by you to pay; the money
in the first instance was advanced by Messrs. Alex. Collie &
Co., and was by me refunded to them, by my checks on the
said bank, with the exception hereinafter mentioned. There
is due to them fifty-seven thousand five hundred and thirty-
six pounds, twelve shillings and five pence (£57,536.12.5),
with legal interest from 1 December, 1863.

“Their statement to me shows a balance due to them of fifty
five thousand two hundred and eighty-seven pounds, seven
shillings and seven pence (£55,287.7.7), but that statement
does not contain an invoice of a shipment made by them to
the amount of two thousand three hundred pounds, ten shil-
lings (£2,300.10) made a few days before their statement
was rendered. Their statement is also erroneous in this:
that it contains an entry to their favor of fifty-one pounds,
five shillings and two pence (£51.5.2), it being the sum with
interest paid by them to Captain T. J. Hughes, and by their

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mistake placed in my account. Since their statement was
rendered, I have drawn on them for nine hundred and thirty-
two pounds, seven shillings (£932.7), and have reason to be-
lieve that the greater portion of the above sum has been
already paid and that the balance will be paid when the drafts
are presented. When these drafts are paid the amount so
paid will increase to that extent the sum above mentioned to
be due to them with interest on sum paid. It is probable
they may have made other payments since I left England,
and if so of course the sum so paid should be charged in their
account.
“While in England I purchased chiefly through Alex. Col-
lie & Co. for the State and shipped to Bermuda:
150,000 yards Grey Cloth 6-4 wide.
11,023 “ Grey Cloth 3-4 wide.
98,582 <‘ Grey Flannel 6-4 wide.
83,173 “ Grey Flannel 3-4 wide.
2,978 “ Brown Canvass Padding.
25,887 pairs Grey Blankets.
37,092 ‘“ Woolen Socks.
26,096 ‘“ Army Shoes.
530 “ Cavalry Boots.
1,956 Angola Shirts.
7,872 Grey Flannel Shirts.
1,006 Cloth Overcoats.
1,002 Cloth Jackets.

1,010 pairs of Trousers.
“Besides, other articles of clothing for the North Caro-

lina troops, all being of good quality and as I believe, at as
cheap prices as they could be purchased for in England. I
also purchased and shipped a considerable quantity of leath-
er, sole, upper and harness, and a considerable quantity of
cotton and wool cards. I also purchased:
20,000 pairs Army Shoes.
10,000 “ Grey Blankets.
160 dozen Flannel Shirts.
5,800 yards 6-4 wide Army Cloth.
10,000 “ Finer quality Grey Cloth.
70,000 pairs Cotton and Wool Cards.