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Receipt for Hire of Team and Laborers by State Salt Works

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Title

Receipt for Hire of Team and Laborers by State Salt Works

Description

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 $280. Abney paid Sample with fourteen sacks of salt instead of currency.

Creator

A. H. Abney

Source

Records of the Texas Military Board, Texas State Library and Archives Commission, 2-10/304

Publisher

Published here by W. Caleb McDaniel

Date

December 1864

Rights

This item is believed to be in the public domain. No copyright in the item is asserted or implied by its publication here.

Format

JPEG

Language

English

Type

Text

Identifier

BFE364DC-6647-4AAF-94D2-F9E01DD0F365

Collection

Texas Military Board Records