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25 September 1848
Gibson, Sarah, fl. 1848
to Randall Gibson
A house slave has become less of a favorite and was sent down to the fields. She discusses plans to dig a ditch to provide drainage near the house.
GLC04501.058
1854 circa
Darby, John C., fl. 1850
[to Tobias Gibson]
The date is inferred from the election years in which the politicians mentioned ran for office. Discusses various political figures such as William Seward, Francis P. Blair (former Free Soiler), Lewis Kossuth, James Buchanan, Daniel Webster and...
GLC04501.063
13 February 1854
Rowlands, Alfred, fl. 1854
[Receipt for purchase of Frank, an enslaved man]
One receipt belonging to Alfred A. Rowlands for the amount of $1,250 to purchase an enslaved man, Frank from Rowlands. Docket indicates Frank was sold as property by Tobias Gibson on behalf of his daughter, Sarah [Gibson] Humphreys.
GLC04501.073
8 December 1854
Gibson, Tobias, fl. 1861-1865
to Randall Lee Gibson
Writes about plantation business. He hopes Randall and Preston will write to him from New Orleans.
GLC04501.074
30 December 1855
Gibson, Hart, fl. 1855
to his sister Sarah Gibson
The first letter is written by Hart Gibson. He informs his sister of his progress in school. He writes about the family and his displeasure with President elect Polk. He also reports that Miss Webster, Toby and Claude's old teacher, has been...
GLC04501.075
18 May 1857
Gibson, Alfred, fl. 1857
to Tobias Gibson
Hailstorms ruined some of the cotton crop. The cotton gin processes about 12 bales a day. Sickness on the plantation has taken the lives of five slaves, all under the age of four. Albert lost two slaves, one 17 years old and the other 20. A...
GLC04501.082
7 October 1858
to Sarah [Gibson] Humphreys
Writes that he has just arrived and that both the cash crop and the provision crops are doing well. He wishes he could bring surplus hands from Sumners Forest to Live Oak to help with the sugar grinding. He feels guilty about leaving Loula and Hart...
GLC04501.087
May 6, 1857
Extract of a dispatch from Mr. Crawford to Lord Clarendon
A manuscript extract from a May 6, 1857 dispatch from British consul at Havana, Joseph T. Crawford, to Lord Clarendon, giving names and tonnage of five American vessels sent to Havana, presumably for the slave trade. The ships are the schooner...
GLC05832.01
12 October 1857
Davidson, Hunter, 1827-1913
to William McBlair
Lt. Davidson of the USS "Dale" reports on his official interview with Commodore Wise, commander of the H.M.S. "Vesuvius," regarding Wise's capture of the slaveship "Bremen" on October 10, 1857. Davidson interviewed Wise by order of the captain of the...
GLC05832.02
October 19. 1857
Conover, Thomas A., 1794-1864
Directing McBlair to proceed to the Congo River area to suppress the illegal traffic in slaves and ordering him to cooperate with British naval forces already in the area. Sends "private instructions" (possibly related to GLC00722.04) on how to deal...
GLC05832.03
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