Receipt : Washington, D.C., 1879 Dec. 10.

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Receipt : Washington, D.C., 1879 Dec. 10.

Partly printed document. Signed by Bruce. Receipt for one copy of volume one of the Official Register of the United States for 1879.

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Bruce, Blanche Kelso, 1841-1898

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Blanche Kelso Bruce (March 1, 1841 – March 17, 1898) was born into slavery in Prince Edward County, Virginia and went on to become a politician who represented Mississippi as a Republican in the United States Senate from 1875 to 1881. He was the first elected African-American senator to serve a full term (Hiram R. Revels, also of Mississippi, was the first African American to serve in the U.S. Senate but did not complete a full term). In 1868, during Reconstruction, Bruce relocated to Bolivar...