- Collection:
- America's Turning Point: Documenting the Civil War Experience in Georgia
- Title:
- Augustus P. Wetter provisions agreement, 1863 November 6
- Creator:
- Wetter, Augustus P.
- Publisher:
- Augustus P. Wetter provisions agreement, MS 1626. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.
- Date of Original:
- 1863-11-06
- Subject:
- Confederate States of America. Army
Gristmills--Georgia--Savannah - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Chatham County, Savannah, 32.08354, -81.09983
- Medium:
- government contracts
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
image/x-djvu - Description:
- The collection consists of a contemporary copy of an agreement between the Confederate States of America and Augustus P. Wetter, Chatham County, Georgia, states that Wetter will provide the CSA with corn meal and grist. The agreement provides specific terms of how much, how, and when the meal will be provided. Wetter agrees to put into operation Lamar's Mill in Savanah on January 1, 1864, and there to convert some 5,000 bushels of corn per week into corn meal and grist. Details of the delivery, processing and quantity of the products are given, as are conditions under which the contract is voided, like the evacuation of the city by the Confederate Army or the disruption of railroad communication. On behalf of the Confederate government, Major MacPherson B. Miller agrees to furnish the requisite bushels of corn to the mill, to provide certain other services, and to pay Wetter a specific percentage of the mill's production as compensation for his services.
Augustus P. Wetter was an important Savannah merchant who lived at 163 Broad Street at the outset of the war.
America's Turning Point: Documenting the Civil War Experience in Georgia received support from a Digitizing Historical Records grant awarded to the Atlanta History Center, Georgia Historical Society, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, and the Digital Library of Georgia by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:dlg_turningpoint_harg1626-001-001
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/harg/turningpoint/do:harg1626-001-001
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: Augustus P. Wetter provisions agreement, MS 1626. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries., as presented in the Digital Library of Georgia.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
