Stewart, Isham, fl. 1872 to Blanche Kelso Bruce
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09400.045 Author/Creator: Stewart, Isham, fl. 1872 Place Written: Macon, Mississippi Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 12 November 1872 Pagination: 4 p. : docket ; 20.4 x 12.4cm. Order a Copy
A letter from Stewart asking Senator Bruce to look into a petition put forth to oust his son Robert from his position of Post Master in Macon for a Mrs. Gilmero. He says that one of the only reasons the signers want this is because her husband John was killed in the "Christiana Massacres" [the Christiana Riot of 1851]. The docket is written over the letter text in Red pen. Also written in Senatobia, Mississippi
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