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Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina
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North Carolina requires significant gunpowder for the war; a company is forming to build a powder mill near Charlotte, but it won't suffice. Sulphur for production is hard to obtain quickly from local ores; authorities urged to task Col. S. McD. Tate with arrangements.
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Sulphur, a large ingredient in the manufacture of powder, can only be obtained in this State from the metallic ores, copper, &c. The process of obtaining it in sufficient quantities is slow and our necessities demand it.
No one in the State understands better, if so well, how to make arrangements for its manufacture than Col. S. McD. Tate, and it strikes us that prudence would dictate to the authorities the propriety of directing him to that matter.
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North Carolina needs substantial powder for the war. A company is forming to erect a powder-mill near Charlotte, but it will not suffice. Sulphur, key for powder, is obtainable only from local metallic ores like copper, but the process is slow. No one understands manufacturing arrangements better than Col. S. McD. Tate; authorities should direct him to handle it.