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  • Collection: Weeks Family Papers

WF Weeks to John Moore, September 27, 1864, Weeks Family Papers, Reel 18, Frames 585ff.pdf
Weeks writes from Texas about the condition of his crop and his contemplated plans to sell cotton in Mexico. He hopes that Moore will use his influence to secure Weeks an exemption from the impressment of his teams by "representing" to the government…

WF Weeks to John Moore, May 22, 1864, Weeks Family Papers, Reel 18, Frames 436-437.pdf
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…

WF Weeks to John Moore, October 14, 1863, Weeks Family Papers, Reel 18, Frames 201-202.pdf
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…

William Lourd to John C. Moore, November 29, 1863, Weeks Family Papers, Reel 18, Frame 238.pdf
Lourd reports on the conditions of some enslaved men who may have been impressed for military labor near Shreveport.
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