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In this letter, possibly addressed to his wife, Weeks writes from Gentry on the movements of family members and Charles C. Weeks's contract for hauling for the government. The latter has "hired his negroes to Skaggs & will employ his team hauling for…

William F. Weeks conveys news to his sister of their mother's death, and also reports on his expected movements. While currently at his camp near Houston, he is leaving to "Judge Still's," where he had hired out some "negroes" that he wanted to move…

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…

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…

This tally of expenses and credits was prepared for William Lourd, an overseer for the Weeks / Moore family. It includes expenses for removing slaves and property from a Magill plantation to Mansfield in May 1863, as well as for recovering runaway…

Lourd reports on the conditions of some enslaved men who may have been impressed for military labor near Shreveport.