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Letters from Military Board to Wheat and Fletcher
Wheat and Fletcher, formerly of the Brazos Manufacturing Company, have
written to the board asking for detail exemptions from the draft for a list
of men in their employ. The Board replies approving most of their requests
but specifying the terms on…
List of Personnel Detailed by Texas Military Board
A list of contractors and employers detailed for work by the Texas Military
Board to perform service such as hauling goods or manufacturing salt.
Receipt for Hire of Slaves and Wagons at State Salt Works
Receipt for John Carlock acknowledging payment of 160,000 lbs of salt for "the hire of twenty-seven negroes and five wagons and teams for eight months at the State salt works in Jordan's Saline." Another receipt from 1865, not included here, records…
Receipt for Hire of Team and Laborers by State Salt Works
This 1864 receipt records a transaction between A. H. Abney, the general agent of the Texas State Military Board at Jordan's Saline, and James Sample. Abney hired a team and wagon as well as "two boys" from Sample for four weeks, at a total cost of…
Receipt for Salt Works Equipment Signed by A. H. Abney
Receipt from the Texas State Military Board for $25,000, given to agent A. H. Abney on April 29, 1864, to spend on "salt furnaces, kettles, and the necessary appliances for making salt including all proper expenses."
Receipt for the Hire of a Slave at the State Salt Works
Receipt acknowledging payment of $70 in Confederate notes and fifteen sacks of salt (3,000 lbs) "for the hire of a negro man eight months in 1864" from S. C. Callicoate. Another receipt (not included here) from September 23 records payment of 2,060…
Receipt for the Hire of Slaves and Teams at State Salt Works
A receipt acknowledging payment of $2,000 in Confederate notes and four thousand lbs of salt "for hire of negroes and teams in 1864" from G. S. Lusk (?).
Receipt from A. H. Abney for Food Supplies for Hands Employed at State Salt Works
This receipt notes an exchange of kettles for beef "for the use of the hands in my employ at the state salt works at Jordans Saline," signed by S. C. Hart.
Statement of Payment to Sue Harris for Hire of Slaves and Teams at State Salt Works
This affidavit by A. H. Abney, former agent of the State Military Board at the salt works at Jordan's Saline, certifies that he paid a Miss Sue Harrison $1800 in Confederate money and 3,200 pounds of salt "for the hire of negroes and teams in the…
Statement of Payment to Sue Harris for Hire of Slaves and Teams at State Salt Works
This affidavit by A. H. Abney, former agent of the State Military Board at the salt works at Jordan's Saline, certifies that he paid a Miss Sue Harrison $1800 in Confederate money and 3,200 pounds of salt "for the hire of negroes and teams in the…