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Robert Toombs, Letters to Julia Ann DuBose Toombs, 1850-1867

The Correspondence of Robert Toombs, Alexander H. Stephens, and Howell Cobb. New York: Da Capo Press, 1970.
Views of Leading Southern Democrats: Speeches of Wade Hampton, Robert Toombs, Howell Cobb and B.H. Hill. [1868?]
Brown, Albert Gallatin and Robert Augustus Toombs. Remarks of Senators Brown and Toombs on the Kansas Conference Bill: Delivered in the Senate of the United States, April 29, 1858. [Washington: Lemuel Towers], 1858.
Toombs, Robert Augustus. The Adjustment Measures: Address to the People of the Eighth Congressional District of Georgia. [Washington]: Gideon, [1850?]
_____. Affairs in Kansas: Speech of Hon. Robert Toombs, of Georgia: Delivered in the Senate of the United States, Thursday, February 23, 1856. Washington, D.C.: Printed at the Office of the Congressional Globe, 1856.
_____. Great Speech of Gen. Robert Toombs: Delivered in Atlanta, Ga., July 23, 1868. Augusta, Ga.: Chronicle and Sentinel Book and Job Printing Establishment, 1868.
_____. A Lecture Delivered in the Tremont Temple, Boston, Massachusetts, on the 24th January, 1856: Slavery--Its Constitutional Status--Its Influence on the African Race and Society. [1856?]
_____. Letters on Proposed Railroad Legislation in Georgia: During the Late Session of the Legislature, 1879. Atlanta, Georgia: Constitution Book and Job Printing Establishment, 1879.
_____. An Oration: Delivered Before the Few and Phi Gamma Societies, of Emory College, at Oxford, Ga., July, 1853, by Robert Toombs: Slavery in the United States; Its Consistency with Republican Institutions, and Its Effect Upon the Slave and Society. Augusta, Ga.: Steam Power Press of Chronicle & Sentinel, 1853.
_____. Speech of Hon. Mr. Toombs, of Georgia, on the Kansas Pacification Bill: Delivered in the Senate, July 2, 1856. Washington, D.C., 1856.
_____. Speech of Hon. Robert Toombs, of Georgia, Touching the Approaching Presidential Election: Delivered in the House of Representatives, July 3, 1852. [Washington]: Congressional Globe Office, [1852?]
_____. Speech of Hon. Robert Toombs, of Georgia, on the Revenue and Expenditures: Delivered in the Senate of the United States, February 9, 1859. Lemuel Towers, [1859]
_____. Speech of Hon. Robert Toombs, of Georgia, on Property in Territories: Delivered in the Senate of the United States, May 21, 1860. [Washington, D.C.] Printed by L. Towers, 1860.
_____. Speech of Hon. Robert Toombs, on the Crisis: Delivered Before the Georgia Legislature, December 7, 1860. Washington: Printed by Lemuel Towers, 1860.
_____. Speech of Mr. R. Toombs ... Against the Tariff Bill Reported by the Committee of Ways and Means: Delivered in the House of Representatives of the U.S., July 1, 1846. [Washington, J. & G.S. Gideon, Printers, [1846]
_____. Speech of Mr. R. Toombs, of Georgia, on the Oregon Question: Delivered in the House of Representatives U.S., January 12, 1846. Washington: Printed by J. & G.S. Gideon, 1846.
_____. Speech of Mr. R. Toombs, of Georgia, in the House of Representatives, February 27, 1850, in Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union, on the President's Message Communicating the Constitution of California. [Washington: Gideon & Co., Printers, 1850]
_____. Speech of Mr. Toombs, of Georgia, on the State of Parties, and the Democratic Platform: Delivered in the House of Representatives of the U.S., July 1, 1848. Washington: J. & G. S. Gideon, Printers, 1848.
_____. "Speech of Robert Toombs Delivered Before the Legislature of Georgia, November [14], 1860." In Rebellion Record; Supplement, Vol. I, Doc. 67, [N.Y., 1864], pp. [362]-368
_____. Speech of Robert Toombs, of Georgia, on the Revenue and Expenditures: Delivered in the Senate of the United States, February 9, 1859. [Washington]: Printed by Lemuel Towers, 1859.
_____. Speech of the Hon. Robert Toombs, of Georgia, on the President's Kansas Message: Delivered in the Senate of the United States, Thursday, February 28, 1856. Washington [D.C.]: Cornelius Wendell, Printer, 1856.
_____. Speech of the Hon. Robert Toombs, of Georgia, in the United States Senate, February 23, 1854: On Nebraska and Kansas. Washington: Printed at the Sentinel Office, 1854.
_____. Union Celebration in Macon, Georgia, on the Anniversary of Washinton's Birthday, February 22, 1851. [Macon, Ga.?: Printed at the Journal & Messenger Office, 1851?]