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Arkansas Territorial Papers
Petition by the Residents of Hempstead County to Block Land Applications
in Favor of Major W. Hickman
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From the books "Territorial Papers - Arkansas Territory 1825-29"
pages 172-173
PETITION BY RESIDENTS OF HEMPSTEAD COUNTY
TO BLOCK LAND APPLICATIONS IN FAVOR OF MAJOR W. HICKMAN
[enclosure:DS]
Recommendation of William Hickman
[January 20, 1830]
Be it known to All Whom it may concern. That we the undersigned
Citizens of the County of Hempstead and Territory of Arkansas. Do hereby
Certify, that Major William Hickman of the County & Territory aforesaid.
Bought the improved interest of a Certain Widow Fowler in and to a
Saline or Salt Lick lying and being in Section Eleven, Township Ten and
Range Twenty Nine West (Which he subsequently entered, together with
Other parcels of land) in the Land Office at Little Rock and after
Incredible expence and labor proceded to the Manufacture of Salt, for
the use and Consumption of the People of this section of Country:
We have Great Pleasure bearing Testimony to the laudable and Conspicuous
merit of Major Hickman for Supplying us abundantly with an article of
so Considerable domestic utility as Salt, at a price One Hundred Per Cent
less than it could be Obtained for from Others, when by taking advantage
of our Necessities and the inoperative Management of Other Salt Makers,
he might have Established and exacted the most extravagant prices from
us-Major Hickman has realized by his own honest and persevering industry,
a little property which has drawn down upon him, that malignant envy from
which deserving men, are hardly ever exempt:
Applications have been made we understand for Leases of the Woodland
adjoining and indeed Surrounding his entries for the avowed purpose of
CuttingOff his fuel Supplies
We do however hope that the exaulted policy and Characteristic
liberality of the General Government will treat those Applications
with the Contempt which Such unworthy Motives usually inspire-
Dated at Washington Hempstead County A. T. the 20th day of
January A D 1830.
James Alexander James Anderson John Baird
Heuitt Bart John Brewer G. H. Burton
Andrew Caldwell Bolin Clark Samuel B. Davis
North East William East John Fisher
Matthew Fountaine Samuel Hopson Thomas Hubbard*
James Huggins Rowland Hughitt Georg G. Janes
Charles Johnson E. Johnson Elijah King
Isham P. Latimer William McDonald James Nance
John Pettigrew J. C. Ragsdale Daniel Rawls
Richard Ray Joseph Reed William Shaw
Jesse Shelton John Shook James Smith
Benjamin Start A. Stuart Joseph Stuart
E. Stuart Jr. Elijah Stuart Sr. James Waklee
W. Yates Bartlet Zachary
I have examined the Signatures affixed to the within cirtificate and
freely State that they are respectable Citizens in the neighborhood
of the Salt works, occupied by Mjr Hickman, and would confide in their
representations - William Trimble
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