Images of this object are available online to Collection subscribers.
- GLC#
- GLC09400.129-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- April 26, 1881
- Author/Creator
- Thomas, H.H., fl. 1881
- Title
- to Blanche Kelso Bruce
- Place Written
- Santa Fe, New Mexico
- Pagination
- 7 p. : docket ; Height: 24.4 cm, Width: 19.4 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- Reconstruction
A personal letter to Senator Bruce, it starts by mentioning that Thomas used to own a barbershop in Kansas and had shaved the Senator when he was still teaching in Kansas. Thomas continues to talk about moving to New Mexico and the weather there, but then he mentions an event in the press involving a cadet Whitiker at West Point that the Senator defended, as a result of this defense Thomas decides to write the Senator rather than his own Senator. Thomas then outlines his thinking on the plight of African Americans right after they were freed from slavery. At the end of the letter Thomas mentions that he had heard Senator Bruce's name mentioned as a possible vice president. Each page was numbered on the top portion of the page and the Docket is located on the back of the third page
Citation Guidelines for Online Resources
For reproductions and permissions, please visit our Rights and Reproductions Page.
- Copyright Notice
- The copyright law of the United States (title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specific conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be “used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research.” If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of “fair use,” that user may be liable for copyright infringement. This institution reserves the right to refuse to accept a copying order if, in its judgment, fulfillment of the order would involve violation of copyright law.