Transcript: F.H. Peirpoint [Francis H. Pierpont] Gov of Va Wheeling Jany 11 1861. By Telegraph from New York " " 1861. Fifty Thousand 50000 cartridges intended for Western Virginia are in hands of Capt Downing Bellaire please take & receipt to this office for them. P.V. Hagner Maj of Ordnance 23.W.61&125 Collect
