Bruce Family Papers 1792-1883 (bulk 1800-1880)

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Bruce Family Papers 1792-1883 (bulk 1800-1880)

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Plantation accounts of Charles Bruce and his parents, James Bruce and Elvira Bruce, for Staunton Hill Plantation, Charlotte County, Virginia

1,500 items; 5 containers plus 1 oversize; 2 linear feet

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Library of Congress. Manuscript Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 6357001

Library of Congress. Manuscript Division

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Bruce family.

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Bruce, Elvira, 1788-1858

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Bruce, James, 1763-1837

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Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875

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Andrew Johnson (b. December 29, 1808, Raleigh, North Carolina-d. July 31, 1875, Carter's Station, Tennessee) became the seventeenth president of the United States after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln in 1865. Johnson was born in Raleigh, North Carolina in 1808. He began his political career in Greenville, Tennessee in 1828. At the time of this letter he was the Democratic senator from Tennessee. Emerson Etheridge was born in Carrituck County, North Carolina. As a representative of Tennes...

Bruce, Charles, 1798-1879.

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Bruce family

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Biographical Note Charles Bruce (1798-1896) was a plantation owner, Confederate army officer, Virginia state senator, father of United States senator William Cabell Bruce, and brother-in-law of James Seddon, the Confederate secretary of war. After inheriting Staunton Hill plantation in Charlotte County, Virginia, from his father, he became one of the wealthiest tobacco growers in Virginia. In 1861, at his expense, he raised and captained a Co...