Browse Items (19 total)
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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 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 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 Francis H. Gaines to David L. Ward, 2 July 1814
Letter to David L. Ward disucssing the rate of salt production. -
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, 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 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, 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 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, 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, 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
Fragment of a letter to David L. Ward discussing the lack of provisions and tools at the saltworks. -
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 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 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 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, 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 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.