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bought it of a Mr. Carey Hughes.
Mr. Hughes received it from the Confederate Govt. for pay for services of his slaves in working on the foundry. Brown took possession of it and released it to Hughes for $500.00=
There is nothing now about the foundry that is of any value. When the "breakup" came plundering commenced - The Treasury agent stopped the indiscriminate plundering and took the matter into his own hands. From what I can learn the agent was drunk the principal part of the time.
The factory I have mentioned or rather the building the factory machinery was in is worth probably $3000.00 and the land connected with $2000.00 more. The land on which the mill stands is worth with the mill 4 or $5000.00. This property has all been seized as I before remarked by representatives of the Government belonging to the Treasury Dept. and all the property that can now be reached is in the hands of the private individuals having either been sold by the Treasury agents to them for a song or released entirely as in the case of the land the property stood on.
At the close of the war there was thousands of Dollars worth of property the proceeds of which should have accrued to the benefit of the U.S. but I very much doubt if the Govt ever received ant benefits therefrom