| Summary: | In the letter, written February 11, 1862, Lapsley discusses the supply of coal, saltpeter, and sulphur available to the Confederate government if it decides to establish an armory in Selma, Alabama. He ends by expressing the need for more weapons: "The recent news has produced great excitement here, and very great uneasiness, and the cry for arms is urgent. A committee has been going round getting up such arms as they can. But it is a very, very poor make shift. There would be plenty of volunteers...if proper arms could be had." In the telegram, received February 12, 1862, Lapsley gives the price of coal (per car) from the Alabama Coal Mining Company.
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