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C. E. Gregory, an agent for Weeks in partnership with John Mills, writes from Houston to update Weeks on arrangements he had previously made to hire out one or more of his slaves as coopers. A Major Richardson now says that "he does not expect to…

Weeks writes urging Moore to attend to the needs of his family. He has not been able to visit them in Louisiana because a contract he had been promised to haul to Shreveport fell through. He and his teams are now in Polk County working with the…

In a brief note, Maggie Weeks, wife of C. C. Weeks, asks John C. Moore to lend her a mule for driving her carriage and hauling wood. She is "afraid the Yankees will get us & separate me from Charlie." She also writes about "three negro women & five…

Leigh reports to Moore that he has rented 140 acres of "the best of Brazos bottom land," planted with corn, in Sterling, Robinson County, Texas, for which he paid one third of his yield. He had also hired out all of he hands at $25 per month for men…

Weeks writes to inform Moore about a change in his hauling contract with the government, which means he will not be able to see his family in Mansfield as soon. He also inquires where "Messrs. Moore & Wartell had located."

This list of property prepared for tax assessment purposes indicates that Moore still owned at least 40 enslaved people in 1864, some of whom were part of the estate of his deceased wife. Some of the enslaved people's names and ages are listed on the…

Weeks writes to his stepfather about a contract he has secured with the Confederate state government to haul "salt, sugar, or whatever I choose" on his own account, while his mules would be fed by the government.

Burnett writes from New Iberia about his "idea of going to Texas" and his desire to settle a debt to Moore before leaving.

Leigh informs his father-in-law about how he and his family have fared. Includes comments about his "negroes" and plans to hire them out.

These letters from Houston to recipients in Richmond and near Wharton introduce William F. Weeks of Louisiana. One explains that "Mr Weeks may wish to hire out some Negroes and we have recommended him to call on you thinking you might wish to rent…