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Dorsey, Marie, fl. 1877 to Blanche Kelso Bruce

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09400.131 Author/Creator: Dorsey, Marie, fl. 1877 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 16 April 1877 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 15.6 cm, Width: 12.5 cm Order a Copy

A note thanking Senator Bruce for the photograph he sent to Marie Dorsey. It also thanks him for being so kind to her when she was staying in Washington.

Bruce, Blanche Kelso, 1841-1898
Dorsey, Marie, fl. 1877

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