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BW Howell to John Moore, September 25, 1863, Weeks Family Papers, Reel 18, Frame 177.pdf
Reports from Shreveport on prices of sugar and molasses, noting that "the market ... is quite limited." Also, "in regard to Texas, evry place of value seems to be taken so far as my observation and enquiries led in the section that I visited. There…

Lilly Moore and Maggie Weeks to John Moore and WF Weeks, Weeks Family Papers, Reel 18, Frame156ff.pdf
Writing from the "P House," Lilly and Maggie [M.S.W.] give updates on the area, including the actions of runaway slaves and the efforts to secure some of them in jails in Louisiana. Maggie expresses concerns about another Yankee invasion of the area,…

Letters from Military Board to Wheat and Fletcher, May 23, 1864.pdf
Wheat and Fletcher, formerly of the Brazos Manufacturing Company, have written to the board asking for detail exemptions from the draft for a list of men in their employ. The Board replies approving most of their requests but specifying the terms on…

Letters of Introduction for WF Weeks, October 9, 1863, Weeks Family Papers, Reel 18, 0000.pdf
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…

List of Avery Family Servants, Avery Family Papers, Records of the Antebellum Southern Plantations, Series J, Part 5, Reel 11, Frames 988-991.pdf
This list in the back of a volume kept by Sara Avery Leeds about her wedding gives the names of numerous "servants" who worked for the family before and after slavery. The earliest notations seem to have been made in 1885, but there are also…

List of Graves at Avery Island, Avery Family Papers, Records of the Antebellum Southern Plantations, Series J, Part 5, Reel 11, Frames 979-986.pdf
An incomplete list of "graves beneath the cluster of oaks in front of the house," probably recorded by Sarah Avery Leeds together with Aunt Eliza Robertson. The list includes the names of some family "servants," including William Odel (d. 1882) and…

List of personnel detailed, April to August 1864, by Texas Military Board.pdf
A list of contractors and employers detailed for work by the Texas Military Board to perform service such as hauling goods or manufacturing salt.

List of Slaves Owned by Estate of DW Magill, April 16, 1864, Weeks Family Papers, Reel 18, Frame 399.pdf
This inventory, drawn up by the estate executor John C. Moore, shows the names and ages of approximately 92 enslaved people: men, women, and children.

1864 List of John Moore Property, Weeks Family Papers, Reel 18, Frames 340-343.pdf
This list of property prepared for tax assessment purposes indicates that Moore still owned at least 40 enslaved people in 1864, some of whom were part of the estate of his deceased wife. Some of the enslaved people's names and ages are listed on the…

Maggie Weeks to John C Moore, [March] 1864, Weeks Family Papers, Reel 18, Frames 3660000.pdf
In a brief note, Maggie Weeks, wife of C. C. Weeks, asks John C. Moore to lend her a mule for driving her carriage and hauling wood. She is "afraid the Yankees will get us & separate me from Charlie." She also writes about "three negro women & five…
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