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Order of Annie Christian to Mrs. Hinch, 3 April 1787
Request from Christian to Mrs. Hinch at Saltsburg to let Captain Hord have four bushels of salt. Note on back from Richard Woolfolk on behalf of Annie Christian to James Asturgus dated June 4. -
Order of Annie Christian to Mr. Asturgus, 21 January 1787
Request from Christian to let John Craig have 15 and a half bushels of dry, bright, and clean salt. Hannah Hinch's name is stricken as the recipient of the note, and a listing of dairy goods (butter and cheese) with costs are written in the corner. -
Order of Annie Christian to Mrs. Hinch, 5 September 1786
Note from Christian to Mrs. Hinch to let "waggoners" have sixty bushels of salt and a half gallon of whiskey. Note from Richard Woolfolk on reverse. -
Order of Annie Christian to Mrs. Hannah Hinch, 27 July 1786
Note from Christian to Mrs. Hinch to let Daniel Workman have 16 bushels of salt. Note on reverse shows Workman receiving eight bushels and four quarts. -
Order of Annie Christian to Mrs. Hinch, 14 August 1786
Note from Christian to Mrs. Hinch to let John Parker and John McGuire have 60 bushels of salt; requests that Mrs. Hinch take up orders "as fast as they come" and take receipts for all orders to send on. -
Order of Annie Christian to John Hinch, 18 May 1786
Order for salt for Jacob Hobs. -
Letter from Annie Christian to Colonel Alexander S. Bullitt, 24 April 1788
Letter from Annie Christian regarding her position as guardian for her son Johnny, and directions for the profitable running of the saltworks. -
Letter from Annie Christian to Captain James Asturgus, 11 March 1788
Letter from Annie Christian to Asturgus in Saltsburg regarding salt and apples that need to be planted. Suggests Alexander Scott Bullitt can plant them, or Mr. Hubbs can plant near peach trees. -
Letter from Annie Christian to Captain James Asturgus, 28 January 1788
Letter from Annie Christian to James Asturgus regarding men retrieving salt; her request that he keeps a good order book; request for a kettle in exchange for sugar. -
Receipt of Bland Ballard, 24 August 1787
Receipt signed by Bland Ballard for receiving eight and a half bushels of salt on Mrs. Christian's account from James Asturgus. -
Letter from James Asturgus to Richard Woolfolk, 27 June 1788
Letter from Asturgus to Woolfolk at Mrs. Christian's in Mercer County. Mentions kettles and furnaces (saltworks). Mentions proposed partnership with Mrs. Christian, hopes Woolfolk will put in a good word for him.