Browse Items (62 total)
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Order of Richard Woolfolk to Mrs. Hinch, 1 August 1786
Woolfolk, on behalf of Mrs. Christian, requests on half bushel and six quarts of salt for Captain Thomas Hynes as payment for ferrying wagon and horses across the Salt River. -
Order of Richard Woolfolk to Mrs. Hinch, 30 July 1786
Woolfolk, on behalf of Mrs. Christian, requests fifteen bushels salt to Mrs. Sally Taylor on the account between the late Edmond Taylor and estate of William Christian. -
Order of Isaac Shelby to Mrs. Christian, 10 December 1787
Request from Shelby to Christian asking for salt in payment for bacon. -
Letter from Thomas Scott, 10 January 1814
Scott writes about difficulties in hiring enslaved laborers. -
Letter from Thomas Prince to David L. Ward, 14 January 1814
Letter to David L. Ward about supplying a saltworks. -
Rental agreement between Annie Christian and Jacob Myers, 20 August 1787
Handwritten copy of agreement between Jacob Myers and Annie Christian (per Richard Woolfolk) for rent of the house and part of the land of his plantation for one year in exchange for one hundred and fifty bushels of salt at Bullitt's Lick. -
Letter from Nicholas Meriwether to William Christian, 10 November 1785
Nicholas Meriwether writes William Christian regarding conditions and operations at Saltsburg. -
Letter from John W. Hundley to David L. Ward, 23 April 1815
Letter to David L. Ward asking whether he wishes two named men, Buster and Joel, to remain at the saltworks. -
Letter from John W. Hundley to David L. Ward, 19 March 1815
Letter to David L. Ward stating the need for more enslaved laborers at the saltworks. -
Letter from John W. Hundley to David L. Ward, 28 February 1815
Letter to David L. Ward about moving buildings around the saltworks to accommodate rising water levels. -
Letter from Abraham Hite to Alexander Scott Bullitt, 15 December 1796
Hite discusses the purchase of salt from Bullitt -
Letter from F. U. Gatewood to David L. Ward, 4 December 1813
Gatewood writes to Ward about salt making operations on the Little Sandy River. -
Letter from F. U. Gatewood to David L. Ward, 10 October 1813
Gatewood writes to Ward about salt making operations on the Little Sandy River. -
Letter from Francis H. Gaines to David L. Ward
Fragment of a letter to David L. Ward discussing the lack of provisions and tools at the saltworks. -
Letter from Francis H. Gaines to David L. Ward, 22 August 1815
Letter to David L. Ward about the operation of the saltworks and the poor price of salt. -
Letter from Francis H. Gaines to David L. Ward, 28 July 1815
Letter to David L. Ward about the operation of the saltworks and bills it owes. -
Letter from Francis H. Gaines to David L. Ward, 13 June 1815
Letter to David L. Ward about the competition to tap into saline waters by other saltworks operators in the region. -
Letter from Francis H. Gaines to David L. Ward, 1 March 1815
Letter to David L. Ward describing the difficulties that Gaines has encountered in managing the enslaved workers at the saltworks. -
Letter from Francis H. Gaines and John W. Hundley to David L. Ward, 18 February 1815
Letter to David L. Ward about speciality drilling equipment, horses, and enslaved laborers for the saltworks. -
Letter from Francis H. Gaines to David L. Ward, 11 February 1815
Letter to David L. Ward discussing the purchase of enslaved men in the Bluegrass for labor in the saltworks.