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Gibson, Tobias, fl. 1861-1865 to Sarah [Gibson] Humphreys

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04501.100 Author/Creator: Gibson, Tobias, fl. 1861-1865 Place Written: Oak Forest, [LA] Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 20 February 1871 Pagination: 3 p. : Height: 25 cm, Width: 20.5 cm Order a Copy

A melancholy letter discussing the difficulty of running a profitable plantation. Tobias worries over his children and his failings. He mentions the death of his wife, 20 years ago to the day. He writes of another woman he fell in love with after Louisiana died: "we were everything to each other but the nuptial ceremony . . . ." but "we do not correspond, but I hear occasionally of her."

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