Townsend, Jas B., fl. 1878 to Blanche Kelso Bruce
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09400.147 Author/Creator: Townsend, Jas B., fl. 1878 Place Written: Grenada, Mississippi Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 14 December 1878 Pagination: 2 p. ; 24.5 x 19.6 cm. Order a Copy
Townsend is writing to Senator Bruce asking his support in making sure that the current candidate for sheriff in his county J.H. Campbell, also the incumbent does not get confirmed. He starts the letter by telling the Senator that he was the "first White Man in my County that voted an Open Republican Ticket" and that as a result he was "ostracized, and even Burnt in Effigy upon the streets in my town" by the "present incumbent of the Post Office of this Place"
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