Invoices and vouchers received and issued by the Alabama State Salt Commissioner in June 1862.
Due to salt shortages during the Civil War, a state commission was established to oversee the purchase, manufacture, and distribution of the resource in Alabama. These records document a variety of expenditures incurred during the construction and operation of salt works in the state, including the...
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Alabama documents Invoices and vouchers received and issued by the Alabama State Salt Commissioner in June 1862. |
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Alabama documents African Americans--Alabama; Salt--Alabama; Slavery--Alabama; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Economic aspects; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Equipment and supplies |
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Due to salt shortages during the Civil War, a state commission was established to oversee the purchase, manufacture, and distribution of the resource in Alabama. These records document a variety of expenditures incurred during the construction and operation of salt works in the state, including the payment of wages to overseers, blacksmiths, brickmasons, engineers, wagonmasters, and clerks; the purchase of provisions, livestock, and fodder; the monthly hire of enslaved people, mules, and wagons; and freight charges for transporting salt and provisions by riverboat, railroad, and wagon. |
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Invoices and vouchers received and issued by the Alabama State Salt Commissioner in June 1862.Due to salt shortages during the Civil War, a state commission was established to oversee the purchase, manufacture, and distribution of the resource in Alabama. These records document a variety of expenditures incurred during the construction and operation of salt works in the state, including the payment of wages to overseers, blacksmiths, brickmasons, engineers, wagonmasters, and clerks; the purchase of provisions, livestock, and fodder; the monthly hire of enslaved people, mules, and wagons; and freight charges for transporting salt and provisions by riverboat, railroad, and wagon.1862 June1862-061860-1869African Americans--Alabama; Salt--Alabama; Slavery--Alabama; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Economic aspects; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Equipment and suppliesTextInvoices; Receipts (Financial records)Alabama. Salt CommissionAlabama Salt Commission commissioner's vouchersRSG00671Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36130EnglishThis material may be protected under U. S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S. Code) which governs the making of photocopies or reproductions of copyrighted materials. You may use the digitized material for private study, scholarship, or research. Though ADAH has physical ownership of the material in its collections, in some cases we may not own the copyright to the material. It is the patron's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in our collections.600 PPI TIFFhttp://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/voices/id/23935 |
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Invoices and vouchers received and issued by the Alabama State Salt Commissioner in June 1862. |
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Invoices and vouchers received and issued by the Alabama State Salt Commissioner in June 1862. |
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