Contract between Baskerville, Whitfield, and Company and Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; December 23, 1863
Metadata
Collection: Clark Series 768
Contributors: Funding for this project provided by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.; Funding for this project provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Coverage (time period): 1863
Creator: Baskerville, Whitfield, and Company
Date: 1863-12-23
Description: From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Contract between the firm of Baskerville, Whitfield, and Company at Columbus, Mississippi, and Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, to supply 30,000 cotton cards to the state of Mississippi, in exchange for shipping cotton along the Mississippi River to New Orleans, Louisiana, and Memphis, Tennessee. (mdah_768-949-02-14 is a revised copy of this contract. It includes some variations).
Digital repository: Mississippi Digital Library.
Digital collection: Mississippi Department of Archives and History.
Disclaimer: Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.
File extension: cpd
Format: Digital reproduction of a 10.5" x 17" 2-page document.
Geographic location: Columbus (Miss.); Macon (Miss.); Memphis (Tenn.); Meridian (Miss.); Mississippi River; New Orleans (La.)
Identifier: mdah_768-949-02-13
Language: English
Mississippi county: Lauderdale County (Miss.); Lowndes County (Miss.); Noxubee County (Miss.)
Notes: This item is part of the Civil War and Reconstruction Governors of Mississippi Project.; https://cwrgm.org/
Publisher: Mississippi Department of Archives and History. (electronic version); Mississippi Digital Library. (electronic version)
Record created by: Michael Singleton; Miranda Jarreau; Britany Castilaw; Austin Justice
Contributing institution: Item housed at Mississippi Department of Archives and History.
Rights: NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES; http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Source: Box 949, Folder 2
Subject: Clark, Charles, 1811-1877; Cotton; Government purchasing; Law firms; Mississippi. Governor; Mississippi. Legislature; Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company; Railroads--Confederate States of America; Public contracts
Title: Contract between Baskerville, Whitfield, and Company and Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; December 23, 1863
Resource type: Text
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