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- GLC#
- GLC04501.038-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 3 December 1868
- Author/Creator
- Gibson, Randall Lee, 1832-1892
- Title
- to his father Tobias 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
- Reconstruction
Discusses sending an old man and his daughter to work at Live Oak plantation. Mentions purchasing articles for his wife. The family's poor financial circumstances continue. A heart felt letter in which Randall discusses family quarrels and jealousies arising from his financial success and his ability to help the family. Written on "Gibson & Austin, Attorneys at Law" letterhead from Randall Lee Gibson's law office.
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