Browse Items (37 total)
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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 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. -
Letter from Francis H. Gaines to David L. Ward, 3 September 1814
Letter to David L. Ward about salt and other commerce on the Ohio River. -
Letter from Francis H. Gaines to David L. Ward, 20 August 1814
Letter to David L. Ward about Ohio river traffic and water levels. -
Letter from Francis H. Gaines to David L. Ward, 2 July 1814
Letter to David L. Ward disucssing the rate of salt production. -
Letter from J. Colquhoun to David L. Ward, 23 June 1814
Letter to David L. Ward continues the detailed discussion of the construction and operation of saltworks begun in letter of 3 June 1814. -
Letter from J. Colquhoun to David L. Ward, 3 June 1814
Letter to David L. Ward with detailed discussion of construction and operation of Kanawah saltworks. -
Letter from Francis H. Gaines to David L. Ward, 24 February 1814
Letter to David L. Ward about river commerce between Pittsburg and Marietta, Ohio. -
Letter from J. Colquhoun to David L. Ward, 21 February 1814
Letter to David L. Ward about the labor and administration of a saltworks. -
Letter from Thomas Prince to David L. Ward, 14 January 1814
Letter to David L. Ward about supplying a saltworks. -
Letter from Thomas Scott, 10 January 1814
Scott writes about difficulties in hiring enslaved laborers. -
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. -
Agreement between Thomas Bodley and Thomas Thompson, 1 July 1812
Business agreement between Thomas Bodley and Thomas Thompson in which Bodley allows some caves on his property in Greenup County to be mined as long as he receives one-third of the saltpeter excavated. -
Letter from General Joseph Palmer, 24 July 1785
Letter discussing Fort Pit Road, with a detailed description of Kentucky. He also inquires about salt making. -
Letter from Isaac Hite to Abraham Hite, 26 April 1783
Letter from Isaac Hite to his father relating his business interests in land speculation, salt works, and iron manufacturing. He discusses American Indian hostilities, specifically a raid at Crab Orchard, Kentucky, in which an African American fought off the Natives and saved a white family. Tells of John Floyd's death and its effect on the defense of Jefferson County, Kentucky. Mentions his business dealings with James Sodowski, Walker Daniel, George and John May, Gilbert Imlay, Isaac Kellar, Moses Kuykendall, and George Rogers Clark.