to Blanche Kelso Bruce
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09400.043 Author/Creator: Place Written: Terrence, Mississippi Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 14 February 1876 Pagination: 2 p. ; 35 x 11.4 cm. Order a Copy
A friendly letter, the author discusses a friend that had visited the south only to return and call Senator Bruce the only true gentleman in the South. There is also a mention of a speech Bruce is making on "Pinchback". This is believed to be in reference to a contested election involving Pinckney B. S. Pinchback, a African American Senator-elect from Louisiana
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