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Honey, James N., fl. 1878 to Blanche Kelso Bruce

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09400.344 Author/Creator: Honey, James N., fl. 1878 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: January 19, 1878 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 13.5 cm, Width: 21.2 cm Order a Copy

Requests the Report of Bouthwell's committee appointed to investigate the Clinton Riot. (Sen. George S. Boutwell headed a committee to investigate orchestrated violence against African-American voters in Mississippi during the election of 1875.) Written in the House of Representatives.

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

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