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Taylor, Levi, fl. 1876 to Blanche Kelso Bruce

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09400.006 Author/Creator: Taylor, Levi, fl. 1876 Place Written: Floreyville Mississippi Type: Autograph letter signed Date: February 3, 1876 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 27 cm, Width: 22.2 cm Order a Copy

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 the pencil note has "forgotten the parties [and] have no data to which to refer" The docket has a summary of the letter that Levi is asking if his $70 dollar note from Lee Charles that is held by the Major has been paid.

Bruce, Blanche Kelso, 1841-1898
Taylor, Levi, fl. 1876

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