Letter, Robert Gilbert to My dear ParentsRobert Gilbert, a young Englishman studying at Yoxford Academy in England anticipating the Christmas holiday, wrote to his parents summarizing his studies of the past half-year. He was born in Sibton, Suffolk County, England. After graduating from Yoxford, he became a gardener in the Crystal Palace Gardens in London. Gilbert emigrated to the U.S. in 1855 and began farming nine miles north of Lawrence the same year.1849-12-05Webb, Thomas H. (Hopkins)1801-1866CreatorcreThis item was part of Territorial Kansas Online (TKO# 101585).still imageku-kansascollection:1069https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-kansascollection/1069u001106||u001107||u001108||u001109aspace_7d2fc061c7ea6e06238471f15b82e830electronicimage/tiffreformatted digitalRobert L. Gilbert papershttp://hdl.handle.net/10407/0204778161RH MS P238University of KansasUniversity of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research LibraryThis work is free of known copyright restrictions.ku-kansascollection_1069_MODSMODS record generated from local records created for online exhibit. Processed, with additional values/elements added by Digital Initiatives, KU Libraries.eng2021-10