your Excellency
Gov Vance Mar. 2. 1863
Sir I think this my Duty to let you know
how things is going on in this place called
Jamestown Station by men that I can name
to you and they go up and doun this
rail road and buy Corn and run it up
too this Depot and Sell it for five Dollars
per bushel and tell those men that thay
are bying for their own use and then
they Sepculate on it by telling these tails
and no body but those Speculators is all
that can get any corn this I think you
aught to know and Send their corn to some
one that will do right with it the poore
cant Give So much but I never Saw
the like in my life those men are the men
that Said all they could say against
your ellection and said if you was Ellect
you would ruin this State in two months
their Som five of them and if you
want me to give their names I will do
so at any time I want things put
on Equality a price Set then the
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times will all be better for all
I think this my Duty to infome you
of these things a comon man cant
Get any thing on this rail road
they wont hall for non but these
Speculators
Your Truley
G.S.McClintock