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Letter from Z. A. Philips to B. M. Woolsey; May 20, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Z. A. Philips, the general salt agent for Mississippi, to B. M. Woolsey, salt commissioner for Alabama, concerning the mining of salt in Alabama for the people of Mississippi.
Letter from Colonel L. Houghton; May 30, 1865
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Confederate Colonel L. Houghton, Quartermaster General of Mississippi, certifying that he had turned over the archives and property of his department to United States Army Captain J. Warren Miller.
Letter from Captain J. Warren Miller to Z. A. Philips; May 31, 1865
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from United States Army Captain J. Warren Miller at Meridian, Mississippi, to Z. A. Philips, concerning the transfer of the Mississippi State Salt Agency records, funds, and property to the federal government.
Copy of letter from Mississippi Governor Charles Clark to General E. D. Osband; May 22, 1865
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Copy of a letter from Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Jackson, Mississippi, to United States Army Brigadier General E. D. Osband, informing Osband that the archives and property of the state had been turned over to United States Army Captain J. Warren Miller and providing a list of property in the executive mansion turned over to Miller. Clark also states that other officers of the state will deliver the archives and property from their departments. This copy is transcribed by Miller, Osband's Assistant Adjutant General.
Letter from B. M. Woolsey to Z. A. Philips; May 21, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from B. M. Woolsey, salt commissioner for the state of Alabama, at Clarke County, Alabama, to Mississippi salt agent Z. A. Philips, concerning the mining of salt in Alabama for the people of Mississippi. Woolsey states that he does not think it is proper for Philips to contract with Alabama salt manufacturers. He requests that Philips not take any further action until Alabama Governor Thomas H. Watts renders a decision on the matter.
Letter to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; May 22, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from an unnamed person (possibly Z. A. Philips, general salt agent for Mississippi) onboard the steamboat "Admiral" to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning the use of Mississippi's convicts for labor in Alabama. (mdah_768-949-06-33 is the "enclosed document" referred to.)
Letter from J. G. Morey and D. B. Morey to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; February 15, 1865
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from J. G. Morey and D. B. Morey, state commissioners of military funds, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning their investigation into use of government funds.
Letter from Z. A. Philips to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; February 8, 1865
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Z. A. Philips, Mississippi state salt agent, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning a contract with the state for salt. (Phillips writes that he is enclosing several letters for Clark. These documents are not present).
Sworn statement from J. R. M. Duberry; February 1, 1865
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Sworn statement from J. R. M. Duberry, the salt agent of Calhoun County, Mississippi, certifying that the salt intended for impoverished families of Confederate soldiers in the county was shipped to Okolona, Mississippi, where it was lost to a fire.
Sworn statement from A. McDonald and L. Murphree; February 1, 1865
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Sworn statement from A. McDonald and L. Murphree, stating that the area near Okolona, Mississippi, was occupied by United States Army cavalry, and certifying that a depot near Okolona containing salt intended for impoverished families of Confederate soldiers of Calhoun County, Mississippi, had been destroyed in a fire.
Letter from Mary A. Christian to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; September 1, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Mary A. Christian at Forrest, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning the impressment of her overseer into the Mississippi militia.
Letter from A. M. West to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; Undated
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from A. M. West to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, resigning as general salt agent and quartermaster general for Mississippi.
Letter from Z. A. Philips to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; August 19, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Z. A. Philips at the Mississippi Salt Works to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning the efforts of government officials to impress his enslaved labor force.
Letter from Z. A. Philips to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; August 13, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Z. A. Philips, Mississippi state salt agent, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, informing Clark of affairs at the state salt works, concerning the impressment of enslaved workers.
Letter from J. A. Orr to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; August 8, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from J. A. Orr at Macon, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, introducing Confederate Captain John O. Grisham of Pontotoc, Mississippi, and recommending him to the state salt agency.
Letter from Z. A. Philips to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; July 31, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Mississippi salt agent Z. A. Philips at the Mississippi State Salt Works to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning the effort to have his workers exempted from the draft.
Letter from Z. A. Philips to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; July 18, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Z. A. Philips at the Mississippi state salt works to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, complaining that impressing agents were allegedly attempting to take the workers at the facility.
Letter from Z. A. Philips to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; July 12, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Z. A. Philips, the general salt agent for the state of Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, giving a progress report on structures being built at the Mississippi state salt works.
Letter from S. J. High to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; June 15, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from S. J. High in Pontotoc County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, seeking an appointment as state salt agent should the current agent resign.
Letter from Lock E. Houston to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; June 18, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Lock E. Houston at Aberdeen, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, recommending John O. Grisham for the appointment as government salt agent if the current agent, Z. A. Philips, resigns.
Letter from J. A. McNeil to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; June 21, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from J. A. McNeil at Pontotoc, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, recommending John O. Grisham for the position of government salt agent.
Letter from Alabama Governor Thomas H. Watts to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; May 27, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Alabama Governor Thomas H. Watts at Montgomery, Alabama, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning the work of Mississippi salt agents in Alabama.
Abstract from Z. A. Philips; June 1, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Abstract from Z. A. Philips, general salt agent for the state of Mississippi, accounting for a government horse that died of old age and disease.
Letter from Norman and Company to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; December 1863
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from the firm of Norman and Company at Decatur, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, regarding their contract and operations to provide salt for the state of Mississippi.
Copies of letter from D. S. Pattison to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; December 24, 1863
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Two copies of a letter from D. S. Pattison at Port Gibson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning the settling of his accounts as salt agent for the state.