Athens [Ga.], Dec. 15/60.
Dear Brother, By all means come directly to Athens or else send me a list of appointments for you to speak in the following counties—Franklin, Banks, Habersham-, Union, Lumpkin, Forsyth, Hall and Gwinnett. We have trouble above here, and no one but yourself can quell it. Have you seen my letter on Co-operation? I intended it for the So. Ga. Convention. I mailed a copy to Col. Gregg at Columbia
From Annual Report of the American Historical Association for the Year 1911.
Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb (April 10, 1823 – December 13, 1862) was an American slave owner, lawyer, author, politician, and Confederate States Army officer, killed in the Battle of Fredericksburg during the American Civil War. He is the brother of noted Confederate statesman Howell Cobb
Howell Cobb was an American political figure. A southern Democrat, Cobb was a five-term member of the United States House of Representatives and Speaker of the House from 1849 to 1851. He also served as the 40th Governor of Georgia and as a Secretary of the Treasury under President James Buchanan. Cobb is, however, probably best known as one of the founders of the Confederacy, having served as the President of the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States.