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An old friend of Murrah's reports on how his administration has been received in the state and on local developments in Marshall, which is now "filled with Govt functionaries, Govt details, and men, and families, whose misfortunes, have driven them…

These non-consecutive pages from the Minutes of the Commissioners Court in Rusk County between 1865 and 1869 show how the county dealt with changes wrought by emancipation. Prior to 1865, overseers were assigned to sections of public roads and the…

This receipt notes an exchange of kettles for beef "for the use of the hands in my employ at the state salt works at Jordans Saline," signed by S. C. Hart.

A group of citizens in Washington, Grimes, and Walker counties wishes to inquire whether convicts from the Huntsville State Penitentiary can be hired to build a road from Washington through Navasota.

In this letter, the Board lays out its reasons for wanting to encourage salt production, stressing that it believes this will be a profitable business.

A list of contractors and employers detailed for work by the Texas Military Board to perform service such as hauling goods or manufacturing salt.

The Military Board writes to Luckett concerning some reports the latter has made about the activities of two men named Wheat and Fletcher, formerly of the Brazos Manufacturing Company.

A survey of freedpeople in the Huntsville State Penitentiary in Texas, dated November 6, 1866.

An anonymous soldier writes the governor of Texas to encourage him to adopt policies favorable to the introduction of manufacturing in the state. He compares the progress that Texas has made on factories unfavorably to the progress of neighboring…

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…