FORTIFICATIONS

5 1/2 x 3 3/4, imprinted receipt, filled out in ink. Richmond, Jan. 3, 1863. Acknowledges that P.W. Phelps has furnished the Confederate Government the slave named Peter to work on the Richmond fortifications by order of Lt. Col. W.H. Stevens, and signed by the government agent J. Lamb. Very fine condition, on brown necessity paper.