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Vashon, Geo B., fl. 1876 to Blanche Kelso Bruce

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09400.204 Author/Creator: Vashon, Geo B., fl. 1876 Place Written: Lorman, Mississippi Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 25 March 1876 Pagination: 3 p. : docket ; Height: 24.5 cm, Width: 19.6 cm Order a Copy

Vashon is asking Senator Bruce for help in securing his wife a position in some department of the government as his pay as a professor at Alcorn University is not quite enough to support their family.

Bruce, Blanche Kelso, 1841-1898
Vashon, Geo. B., fl. 1876

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