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to Blanche Kelso Bruce
February 8, 1876
Brown, Horace, fl. 1876
This is a series of 1 letter and 1 business card, both concerning Horace brown, and his request for information about Mississippi.
GLC09400.062
A letter from Horace Brown to Senator Bruce asking about prospects of moving to Mississippi to be a lawyer. A business card was forwarded with the letter GLC09400.062.2
GLC09400.062.01
A business card for Horace Bruce with the name of the law firm as Huntington & Brown. Was forwarded along with a letter GLC09400.062.1
GLC09400.062.02
6 August 1879
Smith, E.H., fl. 1879
A letter from Smith in regards to Robert E Leachman who is feeling ill. He is asking for Senator Bruce's help to get a sixty day leave of absence for Leachman to recover.
GLC09400.063
Circa 1870
Kirkbridge, J.J., fl. 1870
A personal letter to the Senator, describing the poor condition of a horse of the Senators that was injured. the back page, which also has the docket on it is ripped, and missing a 7.2 x 12.1 cm section.
GLC09400.064
January 25, 1876
John, Lvin, fl. 1876
A list of furniture that was in Senator Bruce's rooms. This was written on letterhead for Sheriff of Bolivar Country, J. E. Ousley.
GLC09400.065
July 12, 1876
Kilpatrick, A.E., fl. 1876
2nd Lieutenant Kilpatrick was writing the Senator to request help transferring from the 17th Infantry into the 7th Calvary due to a vacancy through the death of an officer in the Calvary. He is writing the senator since he is from Mississippi, and...
GLC09400.066
A Grand Vocal and Instrumental Concert
Circa June 1876
A ticket to "a Grand Vocal and Instrumental Concert" it is held at the Presbyterian Church on June 30th 1876
GLC09400.067
8 March 1877
Dickson, Moses, 1824-1901
Moses Dickson is writing to Senator Bruce for his opinion on what needs to be done to keep African American support for the Republican Party. He mentions that those African Americans that are in office in 1877 have become less effective and he wishes...
GLC09400.068
10 November 1879
Kernan, fl. 1879
A response to a telegram that Senator Bruce sent to Senator Kernan; possibly about an illness that Senator Conkling had contracted. The note says that the telegraph was received but Kernan was in New York, as was Conkling and that the rumor of...
GLC09400.069
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