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Hazelwood, J.M., fl. 1877 to Blanche Kelso Bruce

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09400.081 Author/Creator: Hazelwood, J.M., fl. 1877 Place Written: Beulah, Mississippi Type: Autograph document signed Date: 11 December 1877 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 24.8 x 20.2 cm. Order a Copy

Hazelwood writes Senator Bruce to about a check that the Senator had sent to him. He also alerts the Senator that he had just received two previous letters from him as he has been unwell recently and unable to go to the landing to collect mail.

Bruce, Blanche Kelso, 1841-1898
Hazelwood, J.M., fl. 1877

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