January 28, 1876

Sullivan, Matt, fl. 1876

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Blanche Kelso Bruce

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

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January 11, 1876

Sumner, Geo, fl. 1875-1876

Autograph letter signed

Title: 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.

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February 21, 1876

Shields, Ella, fl. 1876

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Blanche Kelso Bruce

Shields is writing to thank Senator Bruce for his endorsement on her application for a clerks position in the Treasury Department. She says she has not received an appointment yet but is hopeful.

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12 May 1876

Brown, Jack, fl. 1876

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Blanche Kelso Bruce

Brown is requesting that Senator Bruce go with him to the Secretary of the Navy in the interest of Mr. Green.

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1 May 1876

Howard, Eliza, fl. 1876

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Blanche Kelso Bruce

Howard is writing Senator Bruce to ask for help in being reinstated as a messenger. She was furloughed in February, and has since run out of money and is in desperate need of reappointment to keep her home.

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January 11, 1877

Burritt, A.W., fl. 1877

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Blanche Kelso Bruce

Burritt is asking Senator Bruce for help in getting her papers back she is asking to meet with him in person.

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4 January 1877

Hooker, Chas E., fl. 1877

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Blanche Kelso Bruce

Hooker is asking Senator Bruce if he withdrew papers in the case of Dr. Compton Stowe vs. Alexander.

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7 April 1876

Stark, P.B., fl. 1876

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Blanche Kelso Bruce

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

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15 March 1876

Blackman, H., fl. 1875-1876

Autograph letter signed

Title: 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 more written there that is now missing.

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January 29, 1876

Dillard, Arlena, fl. 1876

Autograph letter signed

Title: 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.

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24 May 1876

Blackman, H., fl. 1875-1876

Autograph letter signed

Title: 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.

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4 December 1876

Baldwin, M.S., fl. 1876

Autograph letter signed

Title: 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.

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January 17, 1876

Bynum, J.M., fl. 1876

Autograph letter signed

Title: 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.

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6 March 1876

Harvey, William H., fl. 1876

Autograph letter signed

Title: 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 few days.

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3 May 1876

Harvey, William H., fl. 1876

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Blanche Kelso Bruce

Harvey is requesting that Senator Bruce endorse for him on his settlement of 9 thousand dollars. He has the money and just needs the endorsement.

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26 July 1876

Huggins, Allen P., fl. 1876

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Blanche Kelso Bruce

Huggins is asking Senator Bruce to help him get appointment as the Postmaster of Aberdeen Mississippi.

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February 21, 1876

Hill, Munroe, fl. 1876

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Blanche Kelso Bruce

Hill is requesting a loan of 100 dollars from Senator Bruce, to be paid back over a year if possible. This is according to Hill the second letter he sent, and at the top of the letter there is a notation in another hand saying no answer.

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19 July 1876

Hatch, E.P., fl. 1875-1876

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Blanche Kelso Bruce

Hatch is writing Senator Bruce to request his support in keeping Hatch in his position. Hatch believes he is being pushed out by Wells, and wants the Senator to look into it for him.

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7 April 1876

Hill, James, fl. 1876-1880

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Blanche Kelso Bruce

Hill is writing to introduce Milton Coats to Senator Bruce when he is in town for business.

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29 November 1877

Yates, H.T.E., fl. 1877

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Blanche Kelso Bruce

Yates is requesting any papers that Senator Bruce can send him including the congressional record.

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20 March 1877

Hurst, H.P., fl. 1877

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Blanche Kelso Bruce

Hurst is asking for help in getting another Deputy position to appoint Osborn.

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23 May 1877

Holland, W.S., fl. 1877

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Blanche Kelso Bruce

Holland is writing Senator Bruce to request the position of Postmaster in Jackson Mississippi, as he is sure fisher the current Postmaster will not be reappointed

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February 24, 1877

Brown, Blanche, fl. 1877

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Blanche Kelso Bruce

Brown is asking Senator Bruce to look for a position that may be available for them come March 1st

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28 May 1877

Harrington, David, fl. 1877

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Blanche Kelso Bruce

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

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December 31, 1890

Hartsuff, Arthur, fl. 1870-1893

Autograph letter signed

Title: to "my darling wife and baby"

re: Hartsuff reports that the war commenced almost without warning. Four companies of Infantry had already struck their tents and gotten ready to leave and another four were under orders to strike their tents when the fight broke upon them. Hartsuff reports that his hospital is full of the dead and dying, that upwards of one hundred Indian women and children have sought refuge at the Agency and that the hostiles are now less than twelve miles away. Written at the Pine Ridge Indian Agency

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