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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC04501.083 |
| From Archive Folder | Archive of Confederate general & family re: plantation and slaves |
| Title | Eliza Miller to her brother, Tobias Gibson, regarding her stay in the Deep South |
| Date | 1 September 1857 |
| Author | Miller, Eliza (fl. 1857) |
| Recipient | Gibson, Tobias |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Recipient is inferred from content of the letter. Eliza describes her stay at the Battery Hotel and hopes that such resorts in the South will prevent Southerners from going north "in search of pleasure or comfort." |
| Subjects | Travel Woman Author Women's History Slavery |
| People | Miller, Eliza (fl. 1857) Gibson, Tobias (fl. 1842-1865) |
| Theme | Women in American History; 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 |
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