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Title	Letter, Luke J. Whitfield to James Sykes, 6/9/1863
Description	Letter, Luke J. Whitfield at the Pioneer Express Company in Mobile, Alabama, to James Sykes, regarding an unnamed slave (Zeke?) who belonged to Captain John B. Sale. The slave had been hired out by Sykes to a Mr. Sawyers, who apparently disappeared without paying. The slave is being returned to Sale in Dalton, Georgia, in the care of a Dr. Evans. Whitfield, meanwhile, is trying to recover the payment from Sawyers' wife in LaGrange, Georgia. Whitfield mentions that he has just returned from transporting refugees from New Orleans by train. 1863.
Creator	Whitfield, Luke J.
Physical ID	73-31
Date (original)	1863-06-09
Date	June 9, 1863
Digital Collection Title	ASERL
Rights	Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.
Subject	Sykes family Sale family Slavery African-Americans Pioneer Express Company (Mobile, Ala.) Sale, John B., 1818-1876 Refugees New Orleans (La.)
Original collection	Rufus Ward collection
Object type	text
Format (original)	Correspondence: 1 leaf 26.7 X 21.3 cm.
Format (digital)	JPEG
Digital publisher	Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version).
Related materials	http://www.american-south.org/
Language	en
Repository	Manuscripts Division, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University Libraries.
Contact information	For more information send email to sp_coll@library.msstate.edu or call 662-325-7679.
Tag field	Jan-2011
Transcript	Office at Mobile June 9th 1863 James Sykes Esqr Columbus Dear Sir Your letter in regard to a negro boy of Capt Sale's who you had hired to a Mr Sawyers came to Mobile during my absence in charge of the Government trains to Pascagoula to transport New Orleans Exiles. I called on Mr Sawyers & got an order on his wife in La Grange Georgia for the Negro which order I turned over to the Southern Express Company to get the boy & take him to Capt Sale care of Dr Evans Dalton Ga as you requested. The Expenses of same I guaranteed to pay as soon as the Express Company found what they would be & as soon as I get the bill will send it up to you. They would not agree to collect the charges at Dalton & I had to guarantee the payment to get them to attend to it at all. Sawyers is such a scamp that I am astonished at your hiring the negro to him & I am not so sure that his wife is or ever has been at La Grange Ga but I will do the best I can for you. In haste Yours Truly Luke J. Whitfield

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Letter, Luke J. Whitfield to James Sykes, 6/9/1863

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