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- GLC#
- GLC09400.019-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- November 27, 1875
- Author/Creator
- Thompson, Albert D., fl. 1875
- Title
- to Blanche Kelso Bruce
- Place Written
- Hernando, Mississippi
- Pagination
- 2 p. : docket ; Height: 24.6 cm, Width: 19.5 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- Reconstruction
A letter from Thompson asking Senator Bruce for help securing a position as school teacher for himself and his wife in another county since he wants to leave his current placement in De Soto county due to threats of violence, and a pay cut. Thompson is also the Col. of the militia in his county, and as a result is a target for threats and abuse from the Democrats that had recently took power of his county.
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