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Letter from an Agent of William F. Weeks about Runaway Slaves
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.
R. D. G. Mills
Weeks Family Papers, Records of the Antebellum Southern Plantations, Series I, Part 6, Reel 18, Frames 355
Published here by W. Caleb McDaniel
February 28, 1864
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Dear Sir
We have a letter from Mr. E. D. [illegible] stating that two of Mr. Weeks’ negroes [illegible] & Charles who were in the service of the government have escaped and since then on his plantation. Please let us know what is to be done about them.
Yours truly
Mr. R. D. G. Mills