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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC04501.072 |
| From Archive Folder | Archive of Confederate general & family re: plantation and slaves |
| Title | Sarah Gibson Humphreys to her father, Tobias Gibson, regarding friends and family |
| Date | November 1853 |
| Author | Humphreys, Sarah Gibson (fl. 1848-1858) |
| Recipient | Gibson, Tobias |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | The date of the letter is taken from the docket. Writes that Loula is doing much better. Sarah discusses the visitors she entertained last week. Reports Mat Ward was arrested for murder. At first he was placed in a debtor's cell but a mob demanded that he be moved to a criminal cell and placed in chains. She does not think he will hang because his family is rich and influential. |
| Subjects | Woman Author Women's History Health and Medical Children and Family Entertaining and Hospitality Death Crime Criminals and Outlaws Prisoner Mobs and Riots Debt Death Penalty Finance Slavery |
| People | Humphreys, Sarah Gibson (fl. 1848-1858) Gibson, Tobias (fl. 1842-1865) |
| Place written | Sumner's Forest |
| Theme | Women in American History; Health & Medicine; Children & Family; Law; Slavery & Abolition |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Additional Information | Tobias Gibson was a plantation owner and 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 |