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Kernan, fl. 1879 to Blanche Kelso Bruce

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09400.069 Author/Creator: Kernan, fl. 1879 Place Written: Utica, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 10 November 1879 Pagination: 1 p. ; 22.5 x 14.5 cm. Order a Copy

A response to a telegram that Senator Bruce sent to Senator Kernan; possibly about an illness that Senator Conkling had contracted. The note says that the telegraph was received but Kernan was in New York, as was Conkling and that the rumor of Conkling's illness was false.

Bruce, Blanche Kelso, 1841-1898
Kernan, Francis, 1816-1892

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