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This letter by John Williams instructs a Mr. T. Brady to deliver salt to Mrs. M. D. Wofford. The delivery relates to an arrangement Williams has made with Wofford and a Mr. McKeller concerning the hired labor of slaves named Aleck, Tyler (or Tyla),…

An account of Civil War events in Assumption Parish, LA, during 1862, focusing on how Union occupation disrupted slavery and plantation operations in the area.

Writing to his uncle, Moore asks for advice about what to do with "these negroes." Ben Prescott is speaking of "going on to Texas where he can hire out his negroes" while "the Col." speaks of staying in Louisiana. Moore will go on to Texas unless he…

Burnett writes from New Iberia about his "idea of going to Texas" and his desire to settle a debt to Moore before leaving.

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,…

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…

Maggie writes of the business activities of her husband, Charles C. Weeks, in Texas, and other local news in Mansfield. "Charlie is almost making himself sick, he is so desirous to get into business & be making money," she writes. "According to his…

Weeks writes to console Moore on the death of his wife, and also to inform him that Charlie is still in Texas waiting to haul government stores to Shreveport. Before Mary Weeks Moore's death, she writes, "her servants left her, & gave her much…

Weeks reports on the health of her daughter, who has been badly burned; favorable reports of Texas by Harriet Weeks (now Weightman); and her husband C. C. Weeks's difficulties with enrolling officers.

This letter, most likely written by Margaret "Maggie" Weeks, wife of Charles C. Weeks, was sent from Wood Park in Desoto Parish Louisiana. She tells "Bud," who may be William F. Weeks, that she is glad of his safe arrival in Texas, especially given…