Gibson, Randall Lee, 1832-1892 [to his sister Sarah Gibson]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04501.036 Author/Creator: Gibson, Randall Lee, 1832-1892 Place Written: Live Oak Plantation, LA Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 18 November 1867 Pagination: 3 p. ; 20.5 x 13 cm. Order a Copy
Recipient inferred from content. He and Hart are going to the city to try to earn money, so the family must keep their hopes up and economize. Father cannot take Loula at the present time. He asks Sarah to send several of his old photographs to Miss Mary E. Montgomery (Randall's future wife) in Tremont, New York.
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