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to Samuel Servant

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09400.109 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter Date: 5 March 1878 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 26.7 x 17 cm. Order a Copy

A response to Servant that the writer is unable to lecture due to a session of Congress and his duties there. The letter is not signed, so no author can be ascertained but it seems to be a response to GLC9400.108, and as such is most likely written by Senator Bruce. This item is also related to GLC09400.110

Bruce, Blanche Kelso, 1841-1898
Servant, Samuel L., fl. 1878

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