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Baker, J. Newton, (Jay Newton) (fl. 1879) to Blanche Kelso Bruce

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09400.013 Author/Creator: Baker, J. Newton, (Jay Newton) (fl. 1879) Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 27 December 1879 Pagination: 1 p. ; 20.2 x 12.8 cm. Order a Copy

This is a note written on letterhead, from the Continental, and concerns a register sent by a Captain Green a day or so previously to check that Senator Bruce received it. The author asks that the senator contact him at once if it did not arrive so actions can be taken.

Bruce, Blanche Kelso, 1841-1898
Baker, Jay Newton, fl. 1879

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