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to Blanche Kelso Bruce

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09400.273 Author/Creator: Place Written: Water Valley, Mississippi Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 10 March 1877 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 20.5 cm, Width: 32.7 cm Order a Copy

informs him that Democrats of the town have started a petition to have someone else appointed post master after his term ends. asks that Bruce protect his rights since he still has one more year left.

Bruce, Blanche Kelso, 1841-1898
Junkerman, Julius, fl. 1877

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