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CC Weeks to Mary Weeks, July 4, 1864, Weeks Family Papers, Reel 18, Frames 499-501.pdf
In this dyspeptic letter, Charlie complains about having to support "my negroes in idleness" and also about the fact that "the vile animals runaway," including two whom he later caught and had "pickled."

Certificate of Slaves Hired by WF Weeks to Railroad, May 18, 1864, Weeks Family Papers, Reel 18, Frame 429.pdf
This certificate, signed by W. W. Morris, General Superintendent for the Texas & New Orleans Railroad, indicated that Weeks and Alfred C. Weeks, his brother, had "sixteen (16) negro male hands between the ages of 17 & 50 years" at work on the…

CC Weeks to WF Weeks, April 28, 1864, Weeks Family Papers, Reel 18, Frames 404-406.pdf
Weeks writes to his brother from near Mansfield about the difficulties he has had securing a contract to haul in Texas, as well as the troubles caused by the escape of three enslaved men while on the road to Moscow.

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.

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…

17439.pdf
In this September 1863 broadside, the Office of the Chief Quartermaster in the Trans-Mississippi Department calls for Confederate slaveholders in Louisiana, Arkansas, and Texas, to hire out 2,000 to 3,000 "able-bodied men" to the government,…

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…

Balance Sheet of William Lourd, July 1863, Weeks Family Papers, Reel 18, Frame 127.pdf
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…
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