Gibbes, Robert W. (Robert Wilson), 1809-1866. Robert W. Gibbes papers, 1803 - 1931; bulk, (1803-1873).
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Robert W. Gibbes papers, 1803 - 1931; bulk, (1803-1873).
Chiefly business and legal papers, 1803-1873 and 1931, consisting of bills, receipts, land and estate papers, including several items related to sales of African-American slaves, with a list, ca. 1815, of slaves from the estate of Peter Horry and receipt, 12 Oct. 1838, for sale of two slaves, Mary and Ben; and settlement of estates of the Raoul family and others; and land papers and real estate. Other topics include reports to the Board of Trustees of S.C. College; papers re attempts to secure compensation from France for damages, cited as "French spoilations prior to July 31, 1801"; medical certificates, 1827-1834, and oversize diploma, 1827, from the Philadelphia Alms House and Infirmary certifying that RWG had completed one year of instruction, illustrated with large lithographic print of the institution; correspondence with Daniel Webster, Francis Markoe and James H. Causten relating to collection of a "Bond of the Republic of Colombia" due the estate of his father, William Hasell Gibbes. Letter of naturalist and anatomist Josephy Leidy re Gibbes' scientific research; letter, 12 Mar. 1840, Montpellier, Va., from Dolly Madison re R.W. Gibbes' rental of her house; letter, 26 Feb. 1846, to C[arlton] Edwards Lester, re misfortunes of S.C. artist James DeVeaux, who died in Italy in 1844 and breach of trust by U.S. Consul in Rome, "our consular system needs reform sadly, but our wise legislators are too much occupied with President making to act upon the wants of the government." Letters and papers in his position as Surgeon General of SC during the Civil War, correspondents include Francis Wilkinson Pickens, Charles Bell Gibson, Judah P. Benjamin, and pamphlet, 1 Feb. 1864, issued by RWG, "Special Order: Instructions For the Examination of Applicants For Discharge On Account of Physical Disability"; information on the burning of Columbia in 1865, and publication of the Documentary History of the American Revolution. Volume, 1839-1863, chiefly used to record accounts of the estate of Gibbes' father, W.H. Gibbes, and other family members along with a few notes kept while visiting Cuba; pocket volume used as executor's account book, 1866-1867, for estate of RWG; a Catalogue of Paintings, Marbles and casts in the Collection of R.W. Gibbes, M.D. [compiled ca. 1850] with a handwritten notation - "Burned in his residence in Columbia, S.C. when the city was destroyed by Sherman's Army", and Autograph Book of the Revolution, 1770-1836, consisting of 197 signatures cut from letters and documents, plus 99 additional signatures included on letters, documents, and manuscripts. Other correspondents include George H. Moore, Andrew F. DeSaussure, Israel K. Tefft, Franklin J. Moses, Lewis R. Gibbes, and others, including letter, 14 July 1860, to George H. Moore, referring him to Alexander Garden's book, Anecdotes of the Revolution re observations on Charles Lee and William Henry Drayton and sending a letter of Charles Lee; and notes, 1931, re Gibbes compiled by Yates Snowden.
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