Letter from A. M. Dowling to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; January 15, 1864

Macon Miss
January 15. 1864

His Excellency Gov. Clark

Present. Dear Sir. If I can use the State or Conferate notes, I propose to give the State of Missisippi 15.000 pairs of Cards, in Such proportion of cotton & Wool cards as you may designate, for one hundred Thousand dollars and The privilege of Selling within the Federal ^lines^ five hundred bales, of 500_lbs each, of cotton, provided my teams, teamsters, wagons & loads, both of cotton and back loads are protected To & from the Federal Pickets: or I will give twenty five thousand pairs for the privilege of hauling & Selling as above, one Thousand bales of Cotton and The payment of The $100.000. Not exceeding one half of The money to be paid until a proportional portion of the cards are deliv=ered. The money Thus advanced, to be Secured by bond for the delivery of The Cards if The Cotton be bought & Sold as above, or The money to be refunded, if it cannot be used.

very Respectfully

A. W. Dowling