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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC04501.074 |
| From Archive Folder | Archive of Confederate general & family re: plantation and slaves |
| Title | Tobias Gibson to Randall Lee Gibson regarding plantation business |
| Date | 8 December 1854 |
| Author | Gibson, Tobias (fl. 1842-1865) |
| Recipient | Gibson, Randall L. |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Writes about plantation business. He hopes Randall and Preston will write to him from New Orleans. |
| Subjects | Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Slavery African American History |
| People | Gibson, Tobias (fl. 1842-1865) Gibson, Randall L. (1832-1892) |
| Place written | Live Oak, Louisiana |
| Theme | Agriculture; Slavery & Abolition; African Americans |
| 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 |