January 7, 1861: Senator Robert Toombs Gives Farewell Speech
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Suggested Readings
William Wade Brewton, The Son of Thunder: An Epic of the South (Richmond, Va.: Garrett and Massie, 1936).
Ulrich Bonnell Phillips, The Life of Robert Toombs (1913; reprint, New York: B. Franklin, 1968).
Ulrich Bonnell Phillips, ed. The Correspondence of Robert Toombs, Alexander H. Stephens, and Howell Cobb (New York: Da Capo Press, 1913).
Pleasant A. Stovall, Robert Toombs, Statesman, Speaker, Soldier, Sage (New York: Cassell, 1892).
William Y. Thompson, Robert Toombs of Georgia (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1966).
“Robert Toombs (1810-1885).” New Georgia Encyclopedia. http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-799&sug=y
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress: http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000313
Robert Toombs letters to Julia Ann DuBose: http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/hargrett/toombs/
Robert Toombs Home Historic Site: http://www.gastateparks.org/RToombs
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January 07, 1861: Senator Robert Toombs Gives Farewell Speech Learn More
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Am I not a man and a brother? Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USZC4-5321
Have another Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USZ62-16001
Jefferson Davis Georgia Historical Society Print Collection, 1361PR box 4 folder 1 Courtesy of the Georgia Historical Society
King Alcohol and his Prime Minister Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USZ62-90655
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Robert Toombs at 75 Georgia Historical Society Print Collection, 1361PR box 4 folder 13 Courtesy of the Georgia Historical Society
Robert Toombs Georgia Historical Society Collection of Photographs, 1361PH 25 13 4905 Courtesy of the Georgia Historical Society
Robert Toombs obituary image Georgia Historical Society Print Collection, 1361PR box 4 folder 13 Courtesy of the Georgia Historical Society
Robert Toombs as senator, Rare Collection, E415 9 T6 S8 1892 Courtesy of the Georgia Historical Society
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Robert Toombs at 19, Rare Collection, E415 9 T6 S8 1892 Courtesy of the Georgia Historical Society
Robert Toombs at 75, Rare Collection, E415 9 T6 S8 1892 Courtesy of the Georgia Historical Society
Robert Toombs portrait, Artifact Collection, A-1361-331 Courtesy of the Georgia Historical Society
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The fugitive song Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USZ62-7823
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University of Georgia Campus Courtesy of the University of Georgia Libraries
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