Receipt for Hire of Slaves and Wagons at State Salt Works

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Title

Receipt for Hire of Slaves and Wagons at State Salt Works

Description

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 another 15,229 pounds paid to Carlock for the hire of "wagons, teams & hands."

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

July 1, 1865

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

DC02FBE6-B800-4A14-BDDB-D10BA742EDD6