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This notice issued at Harrisburg states that William F. Weeks was making barrels for the government, though this probably refers to slaves that he had hired out to do the work.

Writing from San Antonio, White informs he has received one of Moore's enslaved men sent by a Mrs. Gillmore, how has gone on to Laredo. White is willing to hire the man in San Antonio, and notes in a postscript that a Major Washington is willing to…

This inventory, drawn up by the estate executor John C. Moore, shows the names and ages of approximately 92 enslaved people: men, women, and children.

Weeks writes to his brother from near Mansfield about the difficulties he has had securing a contract to haul in Texas, as well as the troubles caused by the escape of three enslaved men while on the road to Moscow.

This certificate, signed by W. W. Morris, General Superintendent for the Texas & New Orleans Railroad, indicated that Weeks and Alfred C. Weeks, his brother, had "sixteen (16) negro male hands between the ages of 17 & 50 years" at work on the…

Weeks writes to Moore about the prospects of his crop being raised in Walker County, Texas, and his views about the best way to dispose of money on hand at a time when Confederate currency was rapidly depreciating. Weeks also appears to think that…

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.

Moore begins with a lengthy discussion of the accounts of W. F. Weeks & Co., and then shares his plans to go to Shreveport soon to "settle with C. S. officers for the hire & loss of slaves working on the Public Works." While some of the officers he…

Moore writes to Weeks about his intention to keep most of his "hand" in Desoto Parish, sending a few back to the Teche to raise a crop if possible there and on the Magill plantation. He is confident that Weeks's "reasoning in relation to the detail…

An account sheet between C. E. Gregory and William F. Weeks shows that five enslaved people owned by Weeks (Judah, Ellen, Ellen Collings, Lucretia, and Spencer) had earned $1840 for Weeks to date, towards which the hirers (George and Davidson?) had…