Papers of William Cabell Bruce [manuscript], 1801-1945.

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Papers of William Cabell Bruce [manuscript], 1801-1945.

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The collection contains scrapbooks covering Senator Bruce's career in the U.S. Senate, including correspondence, clippings, addresses, debates, recollections, amendments proposed by him, and a voting record. The collection also contains notebooks on Thomas Jefferson, and notes and drafts for "Thomas Jefferson Self-Revealed," and the draft of an article "Thomas Jefferson, a Democratic preceptor." The collection also contains a Staunton Hill deed book, 1801-1902, with copies of all deeds, pertaining to Staunton Hill; a ledger, 1802-1807, of James Bruce, a letterbook, 1828-1832 of James Bruce, a journal, 1844-1851, of James Coles. Bruce, and a report by Thomas H. Sherrard on Stuanton Hill plantation. There are also miscellaneous legal documents, clippings and Bruce family accounts.

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University of Virginia. Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7933423

University of Virginia. Library

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Sherrard, Thomas D.

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Bruce family.

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Bruce, James C. (James Coles), 1806-1865

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William Webb Wilkins (d. 1859?), James Coles Bruce (1806-1865), and James Alexander Seddon (1815-1880) were partners in the ownership of sugar and cotton plantations, a saw mill, and a cooper's shop in Saint James Parish and Carroll Parish, Louisiana. From the description of Bruce, Seddon, and Wilkins plantation records, 1741-1865 (bulk 1847-1854). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122505685 ...

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

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Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) was an American statesman and third president of the United States. From the description of Thomas Jefferson letter, 1809. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367818629 Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) was the third president of the United States, born in Goochland (now Albemarle County), Virginia. He was a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses from 1769 to 1775, and with R. H. Lee and Patrick Henry initiated the inter-colonial committee of correspond...

Bruce, William Cabell, 1860-1946

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U. S. Senator from Maryland, 1923-1928. From the description of Papers of William Cabell Bruce [manuscript], 1801-1945. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647970471 ...

Bruce, James, 1763-1837

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