West Union August 9th 1864
G W Brown QM Genl W.V.
Wheeling
Sir
yours of the 6th at hand
in answer I would say the
arms &c were ship from here
(unreadable) B&A RR on the 21st day of July
which I had supposed were read
by you long ago
Hoping they have arrived safely I remain
Respectfully Yours
B.H. Maulsby
Transcription by Rob Hawkins, undergraduate student enrolled in Dr. Billy Joe Peyton's Fall 2010 "Introduction to Public History" at West Virginia State University