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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC04501.001 |
| From Archive Folder | Archive of Confederate general & family re: plantation and slaves |
| Title | Randall Lee Gibson to his sister, Sarah Gibson, regarding their father and his well being |
| Date | 6 November 1851 |
| Author | Gibson, Randall Lee (1832-1892) |
| Recipient | Gibson, Sarah |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Randall worries over their father's "daily sacrifices" since their mother's death (see GLC04501.100) and expresses concern for his well being. He has been elected to deliver an oration on behalf of the Southern Literary Society at an event in which two Northern Societies will also speak. He also discusses a possible trip south. Randall writes from Yale University, from which he would graduate in 1853. |
| Subjects | Confederate General or Leader Death Education Children and Family Slavery |
| People | Gibson, Randall L. (1832-1892) Humphreys, Sarah Gibson (fl. 1848-1858) |
| Place written | New Haven, Connecticut |
| Theme | Education; Children & Family; Slavery & Abolition |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Additional Information | Randall Lee Gibson was a plantation owner, lawyer, Confederate general, U.S. Congressman and Senator, and a founder of Tulane University. Gibson was educated by a private tutor at ‘Live Oak,’ his father’s plantation in Terrebonne Parish, La.; graduated from Yale College in 1853 and from the law department of the University of Louisiana (later Tulane University), New Orleans, La., in 1855. He engaged in planting until the outbreak of the Civil War. Randall’s father, Tobias Gibson owned four estates: Greenwood, Magnolia, Hollywood, and Live Oak. He resided primarily in Lexington, Kentucky, but was one of the wealthiest cotton and sugar planters of the Mississippi Valley. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |