(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION RECONSTRUCTION) BRUCE BLANCHE K Prin

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(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION--RECONSTRUCTION.) BRUCE, BLANCHE K. Printed Deed, accomplished by hand and Signed by Bruce. Two pages legal folio, signed by all parties with seals, etc. Washington D. C., 1890

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Ex-senator Blanche K. Bruce (1841-1898), like Frederick Douglass before him, was appointed Recorder of Deeds in Washington D. C.. This seems to have been a political appointment particularly given to men of color to whom the sitting president owed a favor.