Office Cotton Agency Fayette Aug 22, 1864 Received of John P. Darden twenty bales of cotton belonging to the Confederate Government, part of lot purchased of you Tho. Reed C.S. Agt. Fayette Aug 22, 1864 J.P. Darden Esq You still have in your care 15 bales of the cotton I purchased of you for the Confederate Government. You are requested to continue to take good care of it, & will be furnished with bagging & rope to put up that part that has become damaged & unmerchantable by ? of weather &c, & without using ? of yours, you will be expected to furnish bagging & rope or ties for that that you have used, or by neglect has been damaged Tho. Reed C.S. Agt.
