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Alabama. Salt Commission. General correspondence, 1861-1865.

Title: General correspondence, 1861-1865.

This series contains correspondence of salt commissioners Abner G. McGehee and Benjamin M. Woolsey, Quartermaster General Duff C. Green, and Ala. governors A.B. Moore, John Gill Shorter, and Thomas Hill Watts on a variety of topics relating to the manufacture, transportation, sale, and distribution of salt in and for Ala. from 1861 to 1865. The bulk of the correspondence is from the year 1864. Included is an 1861 Nov. letter by Quartermaster Green to Gov. Moore for clarification of Moore's order to impound salt in Mobile that was scheduled for delivery to planters in eastern Mississippi. An 1862 Dec. letter from Gov. Shorter to McGehee outlines the responsibilities of the Salt Commissioner. In an 1863 Mar. letter to Adjutant and Inspector General Joel Riggs, Shorter outlines the duties of the Salt Commissioner in relation to those of the Quartermaster General. Included also are a number of letters to Gov. Watts and Commissioner Woolsey from persons requesting military exemptions to allow them to continue to work as salt makers. Other topics include: the impressment of slave laborers at the State Salt Works in Clarke Co. to work on defenses in Mobile; the use of salt in business transactions in lieu of available currency; and difficulties in removing salt to north Ala. from Saltville, Va.

ArchivalResource: 3 folders.

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Alabama. Salt Commission. Quartermaster General's quarterly reports and abstracts, 1862-1864.

Title: Quartermaster General's quarterly reports and abstracts, 1862-1864.

This series contains quarterly reports, abstracts of expenditures and receipts, and vouchers of salt transactions by Duff C. Green, Ala. Quartermaster General and responsible for the distribution of salt in Ala. during the Civil War. The series covers the period from 1862 to 1864, with the majority of the records from the year 1863. Included are reports of salt received, transferred, and sold; abstracts of salt transferred to county agents and probate judges; abstracts of agents' commissions; abstracts of money received from agents; statements of persons exempted from military service; statements of deposits into the State Treasury; transportation rolls, which give the date of shipment, means of conveyance, place of embarkation and destination of some salt shipments by river steamers; vouchers from steamers and railroads; and correspondence concerning shipments of salt. Included are several letters from Gov. John Gill Shorter to John P. Figh and Company authorizing the delivery of salt for indigent families of soldiers, requests by Capt. Jonathan DeLoach for salt for the military encampment at Oven Bluff, and inquiries from probate judges as to the correct amount they can charge for salt. Also included is an 1864 letter from Green to Salt Commissioner Benjamin M. Woolsey, stating that Gov. Thomas Hill Watts had authorized the shipment of twenty-five sacks of salt to the Ala. Penitentiary via Capt. J.A. Pickett. Also included is a statement by W.L. Dodson, agent at the Lower Salt Reserve, which shows expenses for transporting salt produced by John P. Figh and Company.

ArchivalResource: 6 folders.

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Alabama. Salt Commission. Assistant Quartermasters' quarterly reports, abstracts, and vouchers, 1861-1864.

Title: Assistant Quartermasters' quarterly reports, abstracts, and vouchers, 1861-1864.

This series contains quarterly reports, abstracts of expenditures, and vouchers prepared by the assistant quartermasters for Quartermaster General Duff C. Green, who was responsible for the distribution of salt in Alabama during the Civil War. The series covers the period from 1861 to 1864, with the bulk of the records for the year 1862. Quarterly reports indicate the quantities of salt delivered to county salt agents and private companies. Abstracts of expenditures are monthly and quarterly statements of the costs incurred during the storage, transportation, and distribution of salt. Vouchers and receipts document the authorized transfer of salt by the Quartermaster General to his assistants and by them to the persons in their jurisdiction. A large part of the records are those of Assistant Quartermaster William R. Pickett who was responsible for salt distribution at Montgomery. Of particular interest are the reports of Assistant Quartermaster Joseph A. Bradford from the salt works at New Iberia, La., and those of Alexander Snodgrass and James A. Speed, who were responsible for securing transportation of salt to north Alabama from Saltville, Va. Also included are letters and memoranda to the assistant quartermasters from Ala. governors, John Gill Shorter and Thomas Hill Watts, and from salt commissioners, Abner G. McGehee and Benjamin M. Woolsey.

ArchivalResource: 7 folders.

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