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Baltimore 31st Jany 1848.1
W L Goggin Esq
Chairman Comme on the Post Office
Dr Sir
JAN 31
I wrote you on the 19th Inst, in reply to a letter received from you on the subject of our contract, with the
Post Office Department, and stated, that so soon as I could hear from Mr Mayo Prest of the Va Steam Boat Co, that I would again Address you. Not until to day, have
I been favoured with a reply from Mr Mayo, & he declines naming any terms, upon which they would be willing to relinquish
their contract, as they have expended a large sum of Money, in making their Arrangements
for the regular Transportation of the Mail. Should the Rail Road Line feel2 disposed ^to buy^ out they can make them an offer. It is uncessary for us to name any terms, as we
cannot sell out, without their sanction & co-operation.
Yours Recpty
Robt A Taylor Prest
B T P Co<Page >
BALTIMORE Md.JAN 31
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Free
W L Goggin Esq Chairman
Comme on the Post Office
M C
Washington
DC
Autograph Letter Signed, 2 page(s), tray 12, folder 2, RG 233, Entry 364: Records of the United States House of Representatives, Thirtieth Congress, 1847-1849, Records of Legislative Proceedings, Committee Reports and Papers, 1847-1849, NAB,