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Robert Toombs Autograph Letter Signed dated: December 21, 1875, To Charles Pratt & Co. about a shipment of gas in barrels to Georgia. Henry Hutleston Rogers was a partner in Charles Pratt & Co prior to it being purchased by Standard Oil Co. Two pages framed as one; overall H13" W15 3/4"

Provenance: Henry Huttleston Rogers
Henry Huttleston Rogers II,
Millicent Rogers, by descent
Estate of Arturo Peralta Ramos II

Other Notes: Robert Toombs (1810-1885) Georgia-born, an American politician, United States Senator from Georgia (1853-1861), and an important figure in the formation of the Confederacy. He was the 1st appointed as Secretary of State of the Confederacy in 1861. He was commissioned as a brigadier general of the Confederate States Army on July 19, 1861. He returned to Georgia and became Colonel of the 3rd Cavalry of the Georgia Militia. At Wars end, he fled to Havana and Europe to evade arrest and trial as part of the leaders of the Confederacy. He returned to Georgia in 1866. By 1870, he was elected a Democratic U.S. Representative and regained his political power in Georgia, which earned him a reputation as one of the most influential leaders in the state.

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