Gibson, Tobias, fl. 1861-1865 to Randall Lee Gibson

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GLC#
GLC04501.020-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
December 29, 1861
Author/Creator
Gibson, Tobias, fl. 1861-1865
Title
to Randall Lee Gibson
Place Written
New Orleans, Louisiana
Pagination
4 p. : Height: 25 cm, Width: 19.5 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

The letter provides news about the plantation crop and Randall's friends in New Orleans. Tobias Gibson believes Seward will "comply with the British demand."[Refers to the Trent Affair. Britain demanded the release of Southern Commissioners, James M. Mason and John Slidell.] Continued on 12/30. Surgeon C.M. Smith [see # 4] told Tobias he may not be able to return to duty. The North released Mason and Slidell.

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