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Thomas, H.H., fl. 1881 to Blanche Kelso Bruce

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09400.129 Author/Creator: Thomas, H.H., fl. 1881 Place Written: Santa Fe, New Mexico Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 26 April 1881 Pagination: 7 p. : docket ; Height: 24.4 cm, Width: 19.4 cm Order a Copy

A personal letter to Senator Bruce, it starts by mentioning that Thomas used to own a barbershop in Kansas and had shaved the Senator when he was still teaching in Kansas. Thomas continues to talk about moving to New Mexico and the weather there, but then he mentions an event in the press involving a cadet Whitiker at West Point that the Senator defended, as a result of this defense Thomas decides to write the Senator rather than his own Senator. Thomas then outlines his thinking on the plight of African Americans right after they were freed from slavery. At the end of the letter Thomas mentions that he had heard Senator Bruce's name mentioned as a possible vice president. Each page was numbered on the top portion of the page and the Docket is located on the back of the third page

Bruce, Blanche Kelso, 1841-1898
Thomas, H.H., fl. 1881
Whittaker, Johnson Chesnut, 1858-1931

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