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[to Tobias Gibson]

Writes that he and Toby are going to Switzerland in September. He justifies the trip by stating that the universities in Switzerland are as good as those in Germany and French is spoken there "even better than in Paris." They intend to go to...

GLC04501.089

[to Tobias Gibson]

He discusses a recent letter from home and the Currency Bill passed by the Confederate Congress which discounts notes at approximately 83 %. He also writes his views on slavery, "There is no such thing as satisfying a negro without slavery. They do...

GLC04501.094

to Tobias Gibson

A letter written at school which discusses the strictness of his instructor, asks for an allowance, declares that he neither smokes nor swears, and asks his father for permission to talk to girls.

GLC04501.098