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Title
Letter from Maggie Martin to Robert Campbell Martin, Sr., January 18, 1863
Description
Martin reports from Mansfield, Louisiana, about the recent movement of her father, William Littlejohn, to Texas "with his Negroes & wagons," adding that he planned to "haul salt from the salt works in Texas to Shreveport & take cotton & tobacco &c from Shreveport to Texas." Two of Martin Sr.'s slaves, Aleck and Turner, have remained in Mansfield where they are hired out.
Source
Martin-Pugh Family Collection, Nicholls State University, A-17-B, Item 319
Publisher
Published here by W. Caleb McDaniel.
Date
January 18, 1863
Rights
This item is published solely for personal research and nonprofit educational use under the terms of fair use. No copyright in the item is asserted or implied by its publication here.
Format
PDF
Language
English
Type
Text
Identifier
B0140883-0648-4623-9011-40608DC56BBC