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Gibson, Randall Lee, 1832-1892 to his father Tobias Gibson

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04501.004 Author/Creator: Gibson, Randall Lee, 1832-1892 Place Written: Live Oak Plantation, [LA] Type: Autograph letter signed Date: February 23, 1861 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 20 cm, Width: 12.5 cm Order a Copy

Requests a blank book and white army gloves. Discusses the amount of sugar and molasses being sold by the plantation.

Gibson, Randall Lee, 1832-1892

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