David Gibson to Howell Cobb

July 1, 1840

Hurricane Plantation, Georgia

Several of your negroes are sick Betty Harriet Patsy Peggy Claricy Janyan Mingo the others are all well

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Source: Howell Cobb Family Papers (MS 1376), Hargrett Rare Book & Manuscript Library, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia.

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