Letter from Z. A. Philips to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; July 31, 1864

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Letter from Z. A. Philips to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; July 31, 1864

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Clark, Charles, 1811-1877 Dunning, John Q. M.Haggood, Unknown Haley, Unknown Lockhart, Unknown Philips, Z. A.Pillow, Gideon Johnson, 1806-1878 Stone, Unknown Watts, Unknown West, Unknown

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Political Office--Appointment to office

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Mississippi--State Salt Works Mississippi--Treasury Department

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Conscript Officers Salt Industry Employees Salt Workers

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Alabama--Mobile County. Mobile Alabama--Washington County. St. Stephens Mississippi--Lowndes County. Columbus

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Draftees Military Deserters

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Miss State salt works
July 31, 1864.

Gov Charles Clark
Governor

Capt Dunning will hand you my report I hope it will be satisfactory

We have the logs within 200 yards of the Tank & hope to get them through & try the water in them by Thursday, The [cased?] [well?] I also expect to complete in two or three days. [gap] The Conscript officers have required our Salt Contractors to report in Mobile to Major stone, & that our Employees shall be enrolled, & be regularly detailed—I went to see Major stone & he says, if I will get the Commandant of Conscripts of Miss: to approve all of the appointments made by me & approved by Your Excellency, that the conscript officers in this state will respect them, & ordered the Enrolling officers here to give me ample time to have our papers arranged—In the mean time I wrote Gen Watts, that whatever arrangements he was making to protect his Contracters & Employees to make the same for us; I hear he referred the matter to Co^l Lockhart endorsing my letter, requesting that we should be protected.

I have lost about three weeks & spent several hundred Dollars in going to Mobile three times & St Stephens as often in trying to get our papers arranged,—~~it is~~

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The Conscript officers here say your proclamation is of no Service to us in this state & that I have no right to give an appointment to a Citizen of this state, they took off two of our men (the Barrel Makers) one of them turned out to be a deserter, the other supposed to be a citizen of this state; Major Stone ordered him back here if found to be a citizen of Miss: but if a citizen of Ala; to be sent home.

Capt Dunning brings up all of the appointments & contracts for both Contractor & Employees, every one is a citizen of Miss:

I have sent you also two appointments for approval if you think advisable, Haley & Haggood, Logs well borers—Gen^l West applied to Gen^l Pillow for a detail for them through the office in Columbus, They replied to him they were detailed to him & their details could be obtained by applying to that office, I have written them, also Gen^l West to get the details, but have never received them,

I have just heard from our distributing Depot Fourteen Counties have applied for salt & paid in 8.216 Dollars, which amount Capt Dunning brings up to deposit in the Treasurey.

Capt Dunning will also hand you an Estimate for funds which I require to pay up my entire indebtedness—Nineteen Thousand Dollars, that amount you will notice includes Barrels & corn

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which I have yet to receive. If it can be so arrranged that I can get it without comeing up, I would much prefer it, as I do not wish to lieve here until I try the water & several other important & interesting experiments. I do wish so much I had the other furnaces up & the water out here turning out 160 Bushels pr day instead of 80, it would seem as if we were doing something, but I tell you it takes time & a heap of work to make a showing these times & what is equally as bad, a heap of money.

The Pump is doing well, the Furnaces doing well, and people healthy for the number & if I can only make a good job of the logs I will be very thankful.

I am very truly Yours Obd^t Servt

Z. A. Philips.
Gen^l Salt, Agt [?]

Governor,

I had the above written when Co^l Lockhart's letter with your endorsement was handed me, I will get the report made out in the morning & send you along with this by Capt Dunning.

Very truly

Z. A. Philips

Governor

I have used Twelve hundred & Six Dollars & 28 cents out of the amount spoken of above directing Cap^t Dunning to replace it out of

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the funds expected to recieve from you.

Respectfully yrs

Z. A. Philips
Genl Salt agt S. M.

Z. A. Phillips
~~Aug~~
July 31, 64