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Barnard, E.L., fl. 1875 to Blanche Kelso Bruce

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09400.156 Author/Creator: Barnard, E.L., fl. 1875 Place Written: Bay St. Louis Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 16 June 1875 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 20.4 cm, Width: 12.8 cm Order a Copy

Bamand is requesting Senator Bruce's help to get an appointment as a special agent of the treasury. He claims that there is not one from Mississippi. The docket says recommended this 25th of June 1875.

Bruce, Blanche Kelso, 1841-1898
Barnard, E.L., fl. 1875

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