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Creator/Title
Bruce, Helm, 1860-1927. Papers, 1861-1951. 38 items.
Call No.
Mss. C B
Content
Letter to Mary Helm from her sister, "Lizzie" Barbour Helm Bruce, Louisville, 26 April 1861. She "saw five hundred troops go off yesterday for the South." She felt just as she would "at seeing two brothers preparing to fight." Is glad "papa, Hardin and Mr. Bruce bought pistols when they did for there is not another pistol to be bought in the city. Says the north is going to arm "our slaves."