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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03804.24 |
| From Archive Folder | John Grimes Walker's naval correspondence |
| Title | Monopoly of lead, fulminating caps and cartridges for shot guns and revolvers |
| Date | 4 December 1897 |
| Author | Zelaya, José Santos (1853-1919) |
| Document Type | Military document |
| Content Description | Contract approved by Zelaya as President of Nicaragua. Contract given by Minister of Finance Enrique Lopez. Probably arranged by Walker in retirement from the U.S. Navy working on the canal commission in Nicaragua, but his signature is not on the document. The president offered this contract to "increase the sources of revenue, so as to meet the increased expenditures which the public service demand." The contract contains 8 articles, the more important of which state that lead, caps, and cartridges can only be sold at government depots; lists of the stocks of these items owned by merchants must be made and the stock then delivered to the collector of revenue for their department; private citizens cannot keep more than 2 pounds of powder, 5 pounds of shot, 500 caps, and 200 cartridges. |
| Subjects | Mississippi Progressive Era Canals Latin and South America Global History and Civics Contract Finance Economics Law Taxes or Taxation Ammunition Merchants and Trade Navy Union General Government and Civics |
| People | Walker, John Grimes (1835-1907) Zelaya, Jose Santos (1853-1919) |
| Place written | Managua, Nicaragua |
| Theme | Naval & Maritime |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |