Archive of material related to Thomas J. Robertson (1823–1897), who was a U.S. Senator from South Carolina (1868-1877) during the Reconstruction period. Lot includes: ** Robertson's diary/financial account book for 1866 ** A fiery handwritten letter from his friend J.M. Blakely (1872) denouncing the Federal Government’s treatment of South Carolina during Reconstruction ** A handwritten letter from Columbia, S.C. banker Lysander D. Childs, seeking Robertson’s help as Child’s name is being defamed during a government investigation. ** A promissory note written to Robertson (December 1865) that includes an envelope. ** A subscription broadside sent to Robertson by J. Cooke & Co. Bank. ***************** Of particular note: The diary contains Robertson's ownership inscription at front; while much of the contents are financial in nature, Robertson does recount one interesting duel in which he was involved, noting, "I get in fight with John A. Meyers – he stabs me and I shoot him, wounding him seriously." ** In the letter from Blakely (likely a business associate of Robertson), written at the height of the Reconstruction period, Blakely comments on the "great opposition to [Robertson's] Amnesty Bill... political demagogues... can never cease goading and oppressin the Southern people...." ** The broadside from the Office of Jay Cooke and Co., 1873, requests help in funding the Northern Pacific Railroad (Roberston was one of the subscribers of the railroad fund.)

Varies, overall Good, sold here as-is.