SEPTEMBER 26, 1862:
Salt was
a crucial staple for preserving meats and other purposes, and was in
increasingly short supply throughout the South. In the wake of the destruction
of a major Florida saltworks near St. Josephs by Union forces, the Richmond Daily Dispatch publishes the
following article:
“Salt — salt.
The city of
Richmond…appropriated $12,000 for the purchase of salt, to be distributed among
the citizens according to an arranged plan. The advertisement of Messrs. Harvey
& Sports, agents in this day at issue, will apprise those who are
interested that they are ready to begin operation. Every human being in the
city is entitled to take one pound of salt for one month on paying five cents
the pound therefore. Every head of a family can buy one pound at the same price
for each member thereof. This will prove a great relief to our citizens, who
are in the hands of the most merciless extortioners that ever lived since
Jerusalem was besieged by Sennacherib, twenty six centuries ago. We trust in
heaven they may meet with such retribution as they deserve, which is that their
salt may be left upon their hands without a purchaser. Of course the store of
Sports & Harvey will soon be crowded.”
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