Gibson, Alfred, fl. 1857 to Tobias Gibson

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GLC#
GLC04501.082-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
18 May 1857
Author/Creator
Gibson, Alfred, fl. 1857
Title
to Tobias Gibson
Place Written
Clinton
Pagination
3 p. : docket ; Height: 25.5 cm, Width: 20.5 cm
Primary time period
National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
Sub-Era
Age of Jackson

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 monument was erected at the grave site of Tobias Gibson, the first Methodist Preacher in Mississippi, who has been dead for 50 years. The citizens of Vicksburg are having a reception for Colonel Jeff Davis.

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