Letter from Alfred Weeks in Houston, June 25, 1863

Letter from Alfred Weeks in Houston, June 25, 1863

Writing to "Bill" (William F. Weeks?), who had been in Houston recently, Weeks reports that heavy rains and rising water have "upset all our calculations," apparently referring to crops that had been planted. Reporting on uncertainty of Confederate currency, he suspects that "after this ... we will have to make all our operations on a species basis." He has been offered a "handsome" position in the Cotton Bureau, but he declined it hoping they would offer him another position focusing on the eastern part of the state. He expects Bill will remain in Louisiana for now, and he will join him there after settling matters in Houston. Reports on a mutual acquaintance who had charge of a slave who has run away.

Alfred C. Weeks

Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations, Series I, Part 6

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June 25, 1863

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