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The Daily Dispatch: February 11, 1862., [Electronic resource] 10 6 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 5. (ed. Frank Moore) 5 1 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: October 27, 1862., [Electronic resource] 5 3 Browse Search
Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 4 2 Browse Search
C. Edwards Lester, Life and public services of Charles Sumner: Born Jan. 6, 1811. Died March 11, 1874. 4 0 Browse Search
A Roster of General Officers , Heads of Departments, Senators, Representatives , Military Organizations, &c., &c., in Confederate Service during the War between the States. (ed. Charles C. Jones, Jr. Late Lieut. Colonel of Artillery, C. S. A.) 4 0 Browse Search
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 3: The Decisive Battles. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller) 4 0 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: March 5, 1862., [Electronic resource] 4 4 Browse Search
Daniel Ammen, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 7.2, The Atlantic Coast (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 4 0 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 21. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 3 1 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: December 19, 1861., [Electronic resource], Legislature of Virginia, (search)
Legislature of Virginia, Senate. Wednesday, Dec. 19, 1861. The Senate was opened with prayer by Rev. Dr. Read, of the Presbyterian Church. The salt extortion. A communication was received from the House of Delegates announcing the passage of a bill to prevent extortion in sale, and asking the concurrence of the Senate. Referred to the Committee on General Laws. Mr. Caraway offered the following preamble and resolution, which were adopted: Whereas, It is represented to the General Assembly that great distress and suffering now prevail throughout the State in consequence of the scarcity of salt, which has been caused by the extraordinary demand for that article and the high prices at which it is held by speculators; and whereas the most practicable and effectual mode by which the monopoly can be broken up and relief afforded to the people is by increasing the supply of said article: Be it. Resolved, That the Committee on General Laws be instructed to