General James Longstreet to Thomas J. Goree, March 9, 1867
[Goree Family Papers MSS. - LS.]
New Orleans March 9 1867
My Dear Captain
Your much
esteemed favor of the 5th Feby was
duly received. When it reached me
I was confined to my room by a
badly sprained ankle, and your
letter was handed to Col Owen for
attention. He tells me that he
knows so little about machinery
and its application to cultivation
that he is loath to give an opinion
about the articles that you want
and that he has therefore hesitated
about writing you until I could
get out and examine the articles.
I am getting about again and
will look at the various articles
of improved machinery in a few
days and write you what I think
of them.
As to sending your cotton to
this market, you should consult
your own judgment. I believe that
you will realise more by selling
here than you can at Galveston.
You can see the quotations however
and determine for yourself. My
judgment is based upon the
fact that persons often buy in
Galveston, and sell in this
market. As long as this can be
done it seems to me quite
evident that those who make the
cotton can do better with it by
sending to this market. This is
unquestionably the cotton market of
the country, and when people start
to send their cotton to market they
ought to send it all the way to market
instead of stopping on the way to sell.
I remain very Truly Yours
Capt T.J.Goree J Longstreet
Texas
[envelope]
Gen Longstreet
Capt T.J. Goree
Huntsville
Texas.
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