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Download or read book The Life of Robert Toombs (Classic Reprint) written by Ulrich Bonnell Phillips and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-08-27 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Life of Robert Toombs Numerous persons have given willing and courteous assistance in my pursuit of materials. Aside from Colonel Reed the chief ones of these have been Mr. W. Derenne, of Wormsloe, near Savannah, who is the hospitable proprietor of the best private library yet assembled on the history of Georgia, Mr. William Harden, the librarian of the Georgia Historical Society at Savannah, Mrs. A. S. Erwin of Athens, Ga., Miss Julia A. Flisch of Augusta, Ga., Dr. F. Jame son of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, Mr. Gaillard Hunt of the Library of Congress, and Mr. Worthington C. Ford of the Massachusetts Historical Society. Miss Ger trude Byrne of New Orleans and others of my students in the historical seminary at Tulane University during my residence there kindly afforded me the use of such of their notes as bore upon Toombs's career. My wife has given valuable criticism and zealous aid in the preparation of the book. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.