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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC09400.080 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of letters of the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate |
| Title | H.L. Livingston to Blanche Kelso Bruce with various business |
| Date | 25 January 1876 |
| Author | Livingston, H.L., (fl. 1876-1877) |
| Recipient | Kelso Bruce, Blanche |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Livingston Writes to Senator Bruce with a few main points. The first is a box that was forwarded to the Senator, which was sent express, and if he did not receive it he should inquire to its location. The second point was that Livingston has secured a lady to live at the house, a Mrs. Richardson whose husband works at the jail as a guard. The third point was a levee bond held by James Hill that Hill sent along with 500 dollars. The fourth point is that he collected a note from J.E Ousley for sixty dollars, and that the money is in a Memphis bank for the Senator. The last point is taxes; mainly that Livingston has paid some of the taxes and will pay the rest soon. |
| Subjects | African American History African Americans in Government Congress Reconstruction Government and Civics Debt Finance Post Office Women's History Landlord and Tenant Infrastructure Prisoner |
| People | Bruce, Blanche Kelso (1841-1898) Livingston, H.L. (fl. 1877-1877) Ousley, J.E. (fl. 1875-1877) |
| Place written | Floreyville, Mississippi |
| Theme | Government & Politics; African Americans |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Additional Information | Blanche Kelso Bruce was born into slavery near Farmville, Prince Edward County, Va. on March 1 1841. He was tutored by his master's son, but left his master at the beginning of the civil war and taught school in Hannibal Mo. After the civil war Bruce became a planter in Mississippi, and a member of the Mississippi Levee Board, and Sheriff and Tax Collector for Bolivar County from 1872-1875. Bruce was then elected as a Republican to the United States Senate, where he served from March 4 1875 - March 3 1881. Bruce was the first African American to serve a full term in the U.S. Senate. In 1881 Bruce was appointed by President James Garfield as the Register of the Treasury. Bruce then went on to serve as the Recorder of Deeds for the District of Colombia from 1891-1893, returning to the office of Register of the Treasury from 1897 until his death on March 17, 1898. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |