Bright, Jesse David, 1812-1875 to Alfred Edmund Burr
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02925.03 Author/Creator: Bright, Jesse David, 1812-1875 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 15 March 1860 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 20.4 x 25.3 cm. Order a Copy
Bright, a United States Senator from Indiana, declines an offer from Burr, Chairman of the Democratic State Central Committee, to "visit Connecticut and address the Democracy of that state during the present Canvass." Bright served as a U.S. senator from Indiana from 1845-1862.
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