Letter
Unknown to L. B. Northrop, July 8, 1864
Richmond
Richmond, July 8, 1864.
Col. L. B. NORTHROP, Commasary-General:
COLONEL: The inclosed circular from the Niter and Mining Bureau is
respectfully submitted for your consideration, and has already operated most injuriously upon our prospects of speedily collecting the
tithe wheat by giving farmers the option of retaining it until called
for by agents of that Bureau, besides creating alarm and confusion
among the planters as to the wants of the Government and the proper
parties to whom they should deliver the tithe. Information has also
for by agents of that Bureau, besides creating alarm and confusion
among the planters as to the wants of the Government and the proper
parties to whom they should deliver the tithe. Information has also
reached me that agents of the Niter and Mining Bureau are now
engaged in purchasing wheat with the view to an immediate accumulation of a six-months' supply for its employés, while our best exertions are now employed to meet the daily wants of the Army. This
course seriously conflicts with the best interests of the Government,
and I am constrained to repeat the suggestion contained in my letter of the 6th instant that the several bureaus of the Government be
engaged in purchasing wheat with the view to an immediate accumulation of a six-months' supply for its employés, while our best exertions are now employed to meet the daily wants of the Army. This
course seriously conflicts with the best interests of the Government,
and I am constrained to repeat the suggestion contained in my letter of the 6th instant that the several bureaus of the Government be
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Indian Territory, 1861. Location: Richmond.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 3
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