| State tax on investment, | $225 26 | |
| Commission for purchasing. | 2252 57 | |
| C. S. war tax | 337 89 | |
| 2815 72 | ||
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| E. & O. E. | $47,867 18 |
Signed, Power, Low & Co.
Wilmington, March 2, 1864.
Captain J. Wilkinson
In acc. with Power, Low & Co.
| March 2, 1864. To Invoice 123 bales cotton at Columbus, Georgia, | 47,867 18 |
Cr.
| Feb. 17. By proceeds W. L. Campbell's Exchange on London £500 at 2100 | 46,666 66 |
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| Wilmington, Balance due us, | $1,200 52 |
March 2, 1864. Signed, Power, Low & Co.
"The cotton was destroyed at the very close of the war by a party of raiders commanded, I believe, by General Wilson. If he were the same individual for whom I was once mistaken (as will be seen in the sequel) he served me two very ill turns."
[10] One or two agents of the blockade-running companies were opposed to any project for increasing the facilities of entrance to or exit from Wilmington. The profits were of course proportionate to the risks, and these heartless worshipers of Mammon, having secured the services of the best captains and pilots, would have rejoiced to see every blockade-runner, but their own, captured. They protested vehemently, but unavailingly, against interference with their pilots.