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

Writing from the "P House," Lilly and Maggie [M.S.W.] give updates on the area, including the actions of runaway slaves and the efforts to secure some of them in jails in Louisiana. Maggie expresses concerns about another Yankee invasion of the area,…

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…

Maggie writes of the business activities of her husband, Charles C. Weeks, in Texas, and other local news in Mansfield. "Charlie is almost making himself sick, he is so desirous to get into business & be making money," she writes. "According to his…

Weeks writes to console Moore on the death of his wife, and also to inform him that Charlie is still in Texas waiting to haul government stores to Shreveport. Before Mary Weeks Moore's death, she writes, "her servants left her, & gave her much…

Weeks reports on the health of her daughter, who has been badly burned; favorable reports of Texas by Harriet Weeks (now Weightman); and her husband C. C. Weeks's difficulties with enrolling officers.

This letter, most likely written by Margaret "Maggie" Weeks, wife of Charles C. Weeks, was sent from Wood Park in Desoto Parish Louisiana. She tells "Bud," who may be William F. Weeks, that she is glad of his safe arrival in Texas, especially given…

Weeks reports from Houston on some arrangements he has made to hire out enslaved people and also discusses recent military movements at Sabine Pass and elsewhere. He also expresses his surprise at learning that "one of my negroes" was among "the…

A letter from a Mr. Mills to Weeks reports on the escape of two of Weeks's "negroes," one of whom was named Charles, from government service and their subsequent appearance on a Texas plantation.

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…