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CC Weeks to John C Moore, March 24, 1864, Weeks Family Papers, Reel 18, Frames 374-3750000.pdf
Weeks writes urging Moore to attend to the needs of his family. He has not been able to visit them in Louisiana because a contract he had been promised to haul to Shreveport fell through. He and his teams are now in Polk County working with the…

CC Weeks to John C Moore, February 17, 1864, Weeks Family Papers, Reel 18, Frames 344.pdf
Weeks writes to inform Moore about a change in his hauling contract with the government, which means he will not be able to see his family in Mansfield as soon. He also inquires where "Messrs. Moore & Wartell had located."

CC Weeks to John C. Moore, February 14, 1864, Weeks Family Papers, Reel 18, Frame 335.pdf
Weeks writes to his stepfather about a contract he has secured with the Confederate state government to haul "salt, sugar, or whatever I choose" on his own account, while his mules would be fed by the government.

Rental Agreement between John Williams and Chamberlin, 1864, Pugh-Williams-Mayes Papers, Reel 7, Frame 191.pdf
This agreement shows that Chamberlain rented his 65-acre plantation, known as Park Place, and also his 110-acre plantation, known as the Robertson Place, both in Cherokee County, to Williams, a refugee from Louisiana, for the year 1865.

Ben Prescott to John Moore, September 11, 1863, Weeks Family Papers, Reel 18, Frame 162-163.pdf
Writing from Sun Flower Plantation, Ben Prescott, Moore's grandson, reports that "we expect to leave here for Texas about the last of the month as I hope by that time the health of the Negroes will admit of it. I have now on this place the measles,…

Ben Prescott to John Moore, January 28, 1863, Weeks and Family Papers, Series I, Part 6, Reel 17, Frame 820-821.pdf
Writing to his grandfather, Ben Prescott discusses his business partnership with Col. Offutt, who thinks they could make good profits by running salt up Red River from "the Island" and selling it for 15 or 20 dollars a bushel. He wonders if doing so…

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…

On the Rock-Salt Deposit of Petit Anse, Louisiana Rock-Salt Company.pdf
This pamphlet, published by the American Bureau of Mines, reported on the geological characteristics and commercial potential of the salt deposit at Petit Anse Island. It also gives a brief history of the way salt was manufactured on the island…

Alfred C Weeks to John Moore, January 13, 1864, Weeks Family Papers, Reel 18, Frames 286-289.pdf
Weeks writes from Washington, Louisiana, to inform Moore of the details of Mary Weeks Moore's death, and also relates what federal forces have taken from his and his brothers' plantations. "Our country I fear is destined to starve."

Alfred C. Weeks to John C. Moore, November 16, 1863, Weeks Family Papers, Reel 18, Frame 232.pdf
Weeks writes Moore from Houston about his plans for hauling cotton and selling sugar. He also mentions the impact of the Union occupation of Brownsville on the city.
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