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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC04501.002 |
| From Archive Folder | Archive of Confederate general & family re: plantation and slaves |
| Title | Randall Lee Gibson to his father, Tobias Gibson, regarding his education |
| Date | 26 February 1852 |
| Author | Gibson, Randall Lee (1832-1892) |
| Recipient | Gibson, Tobias |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Randall tries to explain falling grades in his junior year and emphasizes that a warning letter sent to his parents was due to excessive absence due to sickness, not to poor scholarship. Written from Yale University. |
| Subjects | Confederate General or Leader Education Children and Family Health and Medical Slavery |
| People | Gibson, Randall L. (1832-1892) Gibson, Tobias (fl. 1842-1865) |
| Place written | New Haven, Connecticut |
| Theme | Education; Children & Family; Health & Medicine; 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 |