Letter to John C. Breckinridge, 1867 Apr. 30.

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Letter to John C. Breckinridge, 1867 Apr. 30.

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The collection consists of a letter from Robert Augustus Toombs, Washington (Ga.) to John C. Breckinridge dated April 30, 1867. The letter discusses Toombs return to Georgia from Europe, the passage of the Reconstruction Act (1867) in Congress and its effect upon the attitudes of Southerners, the administration of Governor Joseph E. Brown, the Republican Radicals in Congress, the state of crops and agriculture in Georgia, and the possible emigration of former Confederates to Brazil.

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