Nitre and Mining Bureau, 2nd District letter book, 1864-1865.

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Nitre and Mining Bureau, 2nd District letter book, 1864-1865.

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The collection consists of a letter book of official correspondence for the 2nd District (South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, and Alabama) of the Nitre and Mining Bureau of the Confederate States of America from October 1864 - April 1865. The correspondence, invoices, receipts, and accounts document the activities of the Bureau and contain information regarding a fire (October 1864) that destroyed the Bureau's Augusta (Ga.) headquarters and the ensuing problems re-establishing the laboratory, shipments received and sent, problems obtaining equipment and supplies, and chemical experiments with nitre and potash. The letter book also contains some descriptions of Confederate and Union troop movements, battles, and actions of the Confederate government. Most of the correspondence was written by either Nathaniel A. Pratt or Capt. B.A. Stovall.

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Confederate States of America. Nitre and Mining Bureau. 2nd District.

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Stovall, B. A.

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Pratt, N. A. (Nathaniel Alpheus), 1834-1906

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Nathaniel Alpheus Pratt (1834-1906), scientist and educator, served as Superintendent of the Nitre and Mining Bureau of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War. From the description of Nathaniel A. Pratt letter book, 1865-1888. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38476481 Doctor Nathaniel A. Pratt, geologist, of South Carolina; owned a house in Charleston, S.C. From the description of Nathaniel A. Pratt legal papers, 1868-1879. (The South Carolina Histo...