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Brown, Horace, (fl. 1876) to Blanche Kelso Bruce

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09400.062.01 Author/Creator: Brown, Horace, (fl. 1876) Place Written: Salem, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 8 February 1876 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 20.1 x 12.5 cm. Order a Copy

A letter from Horace Brown to Senator Bruce asking about prospects of moving to Mississippi to be a lawyer. A business card was forwarded with the letter GLC09400.062.2

Bruce, Blanche Kelso, 1841-1898
Brown, Horace, fl. 1876

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