S. C. W Rudyard, the Provost Marshal of Assumption Parish, Louisiana, describes charges against R. C. Martin, including his refusal to sign a loyalty oath and mistreatment of "his Negroes," who have been told that "if they did not obey his overseer's…
Martin reports from Mansfield, Louisiana, about the recent movement of her father, William Littlejohn, to Texas "with his Negroes & wagons," adding that he planned to "haul salt from the salt works in Texas to Shreveport & take cotton & tobacco &c…
Mary W. Pugh writes from Rusk, Texas, after a recent trip with her father back to Louisiana. He is leaving again in the morning and she wishes to send a letter to her husband Richard. She notes that with all the white men leaving, "there is no one…