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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC04501.100 |
| From Archive Folder | Archive of Confederate general & family, primarily pre- and post-war re: plantation, slaves, military maneuvers, reconstruction. |
| Title | Tobias Gibson to Sarah Gibson Humphreys regarding the difficulty of running a profitable plantation |
| Date | 20 February 1871 |
| Author | Gibson, Tobias (fl. 1861-1865) |
| Recipient | Gibson Humphreys, Sarah |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | A melancholy letter discussing the difficulty of running a profitable plantation. Tobias worries over his children and his failings. He mentions the death of his wife, 20 years ago to the day. He writes of another woman he fell in love with after Louisiana died: "we were everything to each other but the nuptial ceremony . . . ." but "we do not correspond, but I hear occasionally of her." |
| Subjects | Children and Family Death Marriage Women's History Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Sexuality |
| People | Gibson, Tobias (fl. 1861-1871) |
| Place written | Oak Forest, Louisiana |
| Theme | Reconstruction; African Americans; Slavery & Abolition |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
| Civil War: Recipient Relationship | Daughter |