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Bourke, Louise, (fl. 1930) to Arthur Ruhl

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09757.09 Author/Creator: Bourke, Louise, (fl. 1930) Place Written: Port-au-Prince, Haiti Type: Typed letter signed Date: 5 February 1930 Pagination: 3 p. ; 27.9 x 21.5 Order a Copy

One letter from Louise Bourke dated Port-au-Prince, Haiti, February 5, 1930. Note in pencil indicates that the author of the letter was "a girl, partly Negro, a very charming & polished person whom I met in Port-au-Prince in 1925." Writes to Ruhl about anti-American sentiment in Haiti. Mentions Chevallier as a contender for President. Notes that she is keeping her promise to keeping him informed.

Bourke was the secretary to Georges Leger, a lawyer in the Service Technique in Haiti.

Bourke, Louise, fl. 1930
Ruhl, Arthur, 1876-1935

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