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ROBERT TOOMBS

[Illustration: ROBERT TOOMBS, AT THE AGE OF 75 YEARS.]




ROBERT TOOMBS

_STATESMAN, SPEAKER, SOLDIER, SAGE_

HIS CAREER IN CONGRESS AND ON THE HUSTINGS--HIS WORK IN
THE COURTS--HIS RECORD WITH THE ARMY--HIS LIFE AT HOME


BY

PLEASANT A. STOVALL


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    "The blood which mingled at Cowpens and at Eutaw
    cannot be kept at enmity forever."--_Toombs._

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