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Collection Reference Number GLC04501.090
From Archive Folder Archive of Confederate general & family, primarily pre- and post-war re: plantation, slaves, military maneuvers, reconstruction. 
Title Journal entries
Date 25 July 1860 to 29 July 1860
Document Type Diary
Content Description Journal entries taken from a book. The first leaf appears to be journal or diary entries from Blue Lick Springs. It contains information about the weather, news about various people, and illness. Second leaf dated April 30th (no year) contains a listing of clothes for Loula Gibson and Lucy [Humphreys]. A section dated January 4, 1863 contains a listing of beverages consumed, mostly port wine and brandy.
Subjects Children and Family  Health and Medical  Clothing and Accessories  Women's History  Diet and Nutrition  Alcohol  
People Gibson, Randall L. (1832-1892)  
Place written Blue Lick Springs
Theme Children & Family
Sub-collection Papers and Images of the American Civil War
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945