NP, AP 6/6/1862

From the Athens (Tenn.) Post
 
June 6, 1862
 
Salt
Office East Tenn. & Ga. Rail Road Co.
Knoxville, May 21, 1862
 
   The President of this Company directs me to say to the people of lower East Tennessee and of Whitfield county, Georgia, that if their County Courts will take the steps necessary to buy and distribute among the people at cost the quantity of Salt that the proprietors of the Virginia Salt Works allot to the above counties, this Company will transport the same over their Road free of charge for either freight or labor. Salt can now be procured at the Works for the above purpose, at one dollar per bushel.
   Let me urge the importance of immediate action on the part of the County Courts, in this vital emergency.

R. C. Jackson

Superintendent

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