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to Blanche Kelso Bruce

Bynum is requesting the place of Post Master at Corinth if the post master Dodson is removed due to theft by a family member of theirs.

GLC09400.219

to Blanche Kelso Bruce

Sullivan is writing to suggest that Senator Bruce should recommend General Clark as Chancellor.

GLC09400.220

to Blanche Kelso Bruce

Sumner is writing to Senator Bruce to thank him for any attention he can give to getting Sumner a position as Route Agent, however if there is no possibility of that he would be glad to take anything the Senator can get for him.

GLC09400.222

to Blanche Kelso Bruce

Star requests that Senator Bruce send him copies of his speeches.

GLC09400.223

to Blanche Kelso Bruce

Blackwood is requesting that Senator Bruce send him copies of the Congressional Record, he says he will repay the Senator if there is any cost associated with sending it. This page is ripped under the salutation. It looks like there may have been...

GLC09400.224

to Blanche Kelso Bruce

A Letter from Senator Bruce's Niece, this letter thanks the Senator for some Christmas gifts and talks about what is going on in her town at the time.

GLC09400.225

to Blanche Kelso Bruce

Blackman is asking Senator Bruce to please see that his wife is appointed Post Master if he is removed from the office due to a report from the Special Agent.

GLC09400.226

to Blanche Kelso Bruce

Baldwin wrote to Senator Bruce regarding purchase of a copper mine. There is also a section on giving Travis Rhodes a position. On the back there is a note saying answered Dec 7.

GLC09400.227

to Blanche Kelso Bruce

Bynum is asking Senator Bruce to help him gain an appointment to Postmaster at Corinth if Dodson is removed from that office.

GLC09400.230

to Blanche Kelso Bruce

Harvey is asking Senator Bruce to send him 4 to 5 thousand dollars to pay a settlement. He says that he could pay it all upfront but to do so would cripple his business. So if the senator could help he would pay it more gradually over the course of a...

GLC09400.232

to Blanche Kelso Bruce

Harrington is acknowledging Senator Bruce's letter and hoping that the department keeps it promises and appoints him.

GLC09400.251

to Morris "Moe" Weiner

Written at 5:00 PM. Sylvia has started writing at work so the first portion is typewritten and then is handwritten. She reports on an ex-coworker at the Welfare Department (Paul Stein). Sylvia also has the opportunity to move out of the field and...

GLC09414.0105

to Morris "Moe" Weiner

Sylvia attended a Union meeting and gave a speech on the necessity of registering to vote and the Community Councils. She has set up a budget for herself, and recounts the cost of car insurance. Also notes she came across their Budget for 1936 and...

GLC09414.0115

[Presidential pardon of the ten ringleaders of the Whiskey Rebellion, who had been convicted of high treason]

Countersigned by Timothy Pickering as Secretary of State. Pardons Daniel Hamilton, William Miller, Richard Holcroft, Ebenezer Gallagher, William Hannah, Peter Lisle, David Lock, Alexander Fulton, Samuel Hannah and Thomas Spiers. Includes the...

GLC08072

to Blanche Kelso Bruce

Letter to Senator Bruce in regards to trying make an appointment with the senator concerning school issues. The name is unclear but it looks like W.J.S. Jackson

GLC09400.002

A Policy for the Blacks. Letter to a Colored Mississippian

This broadside is titled "A Policy for the Blacks. Letter to a Colored Mississippian" and is summarized at the top in a paragraph "The President's Policy Discussed by a Radical Republican - Duty Of The Colored People - No Further Allegiance due to...

GLC09400.007

to Blanche Kelso Bruce

This letter from J. E. Ousley is concerning a debt that he owes to Senator Bruce. There are also mentions of a sheriff election between two men R. M. Wilson and W. R. Campbell. The docket is written over the text in red pen.

GLC09400.011

to Blanche Kelso Bruce

This letter from Mrs. Tilly covers a few topics. The major topic is her asking the Senator for support in being re-appointed to her job, at a higher salary on the 1st of July. She asks the Senator to remember her, and put in a good word in for her...

GLC09400.012

to Blanche Kelso Bruce

James Taggart wrote to Senator Bruce in thanks for helping him get a job in the treasury. Also mentions that he used Bruce's name during the examination.

GLC09400.014

to Mr. John F. Bayliss

One letter from Senator Robert Francis Kennedy to John F. Bayliss dated September 15, 1967. Kennedy writes that he believes the United States had to provide the resources to American soldiers in Vietnam as well as support the democratic rights of the...

GLC09525

to Blanche Kelso Bruce

Letter from R Leachman, to Senator Bruce concerning Leachmans application to become the supervisor of the Census for Mississippi. There is a postscript included that states " Not the P M, but the "Old Man""

GLC09400.001

to Jas Hill

This letter was written on stationary from Green's Bank, established in 1848, and owned by two brothers Joshua, and Thomas Green. The first name of the signer is illegible, but the last name is Green. This letter is a short note to a Mr. Jas Hill...

GLC09400.003

to Blanche Kelso Bruce

This is a letter between the two brothers, that discusses a loan that henry had taken from the bank for $50 to buy a horse. he was letting the Senator Bruce know that he had repaid it, and would "write you more fully tomorrow" from the docket it...

GLC09400.004

to Blanche Kelso Bruce

This letter concerns a series and exchange of pictures between Senator Bruce, and Ed Bassett. The main subject is pictures of Bassett's wife and daughter that Bruce had sent to Basset's daughter. There is also a discussion over older pictures of...

GLC09400.005

to Blanche Kelso Bruce

The topic of this letter is a debt held by Levi Taylor, he is asking Senator Bruce if he had paid/purchased the debt, as another party is suing him for the amount of the $70 loan. There is an additional penciled note that mentions that the writer of...

GLC09400.006