Hancock, W.W., fl. 1876-1880 to Blanche Kelso Bruce

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GLC#
GLC09400.198-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
December 11, 1876
Author/Creator
Hancock, W.W., fl. 1876-1880
Title
to Blanche Kelso Bruce
Place Written
Quitman, Mississippi
Pagination
2 p. : docket ; Height: 24.5 cm, Width: 19.1 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
Reconstruction

Hancock is writing to Senator Bruce about the situation of the country, specifically the last election in which Hayes was elected president. Hancock mentions being beaten by Seagleton because republicans were "not voting in some of the Counties through fear of personal safety"

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