Pair of Robert Toombs Signed Legal Documents Washington, Georgia, 1841–1844 (Said to be Slave Related) 

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Pair of Robert Toombs Signed Legal Documents 

Washington, Georgia, 1841–1844 

(Said to be Slave Related) 

 

Scarce pair of antebellum legal documents written and signed by future Confederate Secretary of State and Brigadier General Robert A. Toombs while practicing law in Washington, Georgia. One document is a legal account rendered by the law firm of Toombs & Reece to Daniel Crawford, executor of the Estate of John McNiel, for proving and forwarding legal papers in a Wilkes Superior Court matter, dated August 1844. The second is an earlier manuscript note dated January 10, 1841, containing references to information received regarding an estate matter (said to have been regarding slaves due to the other materials that previously accompanied this lot and the pencil inscriptions within the margins). The account is receipted and signed by Toombs & Reece, Attorneys at Law. These documents originate from the formative years of Toombs’ legal career, decades before his rise to national prominence as a United States Senator, the Confederacy’s first Secretary of State, and a Confederate Brigadier General. Original antebellum Robert Toombs legal manuscripts are seldom encountered and represent tangible relics of one of the most important political figures of the Old South and Confederacy. 

 

Inventory Number: DOC 436 

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Two aged handwritten documents from the 1800s detail estate and legal transactions involving Daniel Crawford, John McNiel, and J.T. Reese, dated 1841 and 1864.
Framed display featuring two handwritten legal documents and a typed description on a red background, with visible signatures and dates from the 1800s.
Two aged handwritten documents from the 1800s detail estate and legal transactions involving Daniel Crawford, John McNiel, and J.T. Reese, dated 1841 and 1864.
Two pieces of aged, creased paper with faint, handwritten text, some ink blots, and visible fold lines. The writing is faded and difficult to read.
Two pieces of old handwritten paper with legal and financial notes regarding the estate of John McNiel, dated 1844 and 1841, mentioning receipts, forwarding, and specific dollar amounts.
A worn, yellowed handwritten note dated 10th January 1841 with cursive script mentioning information received in December 1873 and preparations to go to Goa at the time of death.
A handwritten letter dated Aug 10, 1844, documents a $7 payment from Daniel Cranford to Township Reeve for probate and forwarding expenses regarding the estate of John McNiece.

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