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

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…

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…

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…

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…