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Sullivan, Matt, fl. 1876 to Blanche Kelso Bruce

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09400.122 Author/Creator: Sullivan, Matt, fl. 1876 Place Written: Jackson, Mississippi Type: Autograph letter Date: 14 April 1876 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 24.1 cm, Width: 15.1 cm Order a Copy

This is what seems to be the first page of a letter from Sullivan to Senator Bruce concerning a note that Sullivan received after a 6 page letter was sent to the Senator. The page ends in the middle of a sentence and there is no second page with it. The docket gives the letter this description "Highly indigent"

Bruce, Blanche Kelso, 1841-1898
Sullivan, Matt, fl. 1876

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