Sackfield Maclin Order, 15 July 1864
                                                                 Prin Pur Commy Office for Tex
                                                                    Houston July 15th 1864
Genel Orders
No 17
                        Chief District Purchasing Commissaries will immediately order all Sub. Agents to receive from the Tithe Collectors all the Bacon in their Districts which can be Saved they will use every exertion to prevent this Bacon from Spoiling
            If there should be any in a Condition not be made available you will instruct your agents not to receive it but to have it examined by three disinterested citizens of high character and with their affidavits attached forward thees reports to this office.
                                                            (Signed) Sackfield Maclin
                                                            Maj & Chief Pur Commy
                                                                        State of Texas
Official
            Rob. W. Keyworth
            Maj & Chf Tex Commy
                        Dist No 7
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(4387)DOR00166Orders1864-07-15

Manuscript Order by Confederate Major Sackfield Maclin, Chief Purchasing Commissary, Commissary Office for Texas, Also signed by Confederate Major Robert W. Keyworth, Houston, Texas, July 15, 1864


Tags: Food, Impressment

People - Records: 2

  • (222) [writer] ~ Keyworth, Robert W.
  • (224) [writer] ~ Maclin, Sackfield

Places - Records: 1

  • (116) [origination] ~ Houston, Harris County, Texas

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SOURCES

Sackfield Maclin Order, 15 July 1864, DOR0016, Nau Collection.