Letter from Charles Sumner to William Henry Seward, September 21, 1856
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Letter from Charles Sumner to William Henry Seward, September 21,
1856
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Date:1856-09-21
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Letter from Charles Sumner to William Henry Seward, September 21, 1856
action: sent
sender: Charles Sumner
Birth: 1811-01-06
Death: 1874-03-11
location: Philadelphia, PA
receiver: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
location: Washington D.C., US
transcription: mec
revision: tap 2017-04-13
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Philadelphia 21st Sept. ‘56
at Mr Furness’s
My dear Seward,
Wilson
yesterday – the first of our troop
that I have seen since you kindly
sat by my bed-side the day before
I left Washington in this protracted
quest of health. He tells me that
you are not well. Is this so?
Pray what ails you? And yet
I am not surprised that you have
suffered under your arduous
at the close of the session. Get
well. Do.
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For myself, there seems no
respite or nepenthe. And yet I
am better. But it is very slowly
that my strength ^returns,^ & any excess
in my moderate allowance of
exertion tells at once on my
nerves & brain, depriving me
of sleep & leaving me wretched.
I left the mountains, anxious to
be nearer the field of work,
but have been detained here by
my physician
fortnight. Five of these nights
have been passed without sleep,
hearing every clock strike till
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the morning light.
This is hard to bear. But for
me the hardest is the enforced ab-
sence from our contest. Still I
hope to enter it, though my phy-
sician does not give me great en-
couragement. Meanwhile the
omens multiply, & I perceive
clearly that our Cause is to
have its first great triumph.
Fremont
sure of it.
Wm. M. Meredith
aloof here. Cannot you help
him forward? When do you
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lift your voice-an ora[ tor ]
Reason:
in the fight? I have waite[ d ]
Reason:
for its wonderful tones.
Give my love to Mrs Seward
Ever sincerely yours,
Charles Sumner
Philadelphia 21st Sept. ‘56
at Mr Furness’s
Birth: 1802-04-20 Death: 1896-01-30
My dear Seward,
Wilson
Birth: 1812-02-16 Death: 1875-11-22
called upon meyesterday – the first of our troop
that I have seen since you kindly
sat by my bed-side the day before
I left Washington in this protracted
quest of health. He tells me that
you are not well. Is this so?
Pray what ails you? And yet
I am not surprised that you have
suffered under your arduous
High or lofty in a literal sense • Attended with great labor; difficult •
laborsat the close of the session. Get
well. Do.
For myself, there seems no
respite or nepenthe. And yet I
am better. But it is very slowly
that my strength ^returns,^ & any excess
in my moderate allowance of
exertion tells at once on my
nerves & brain, depriving me
of sleep & leaving me wretched.
I left the mountains, anxious to
be nearer the field of work,
but have been detained here by
my physician
Birth: 1818 Death: 1888-12-20
for the
lastfortnight. Five of these nights
have been passed without sleep,
hearing every clock strike till
the morning light.
This is hard to bear. But for
me the hardest is the enforced ab-
sence from our contest. Still I
hope to enter it, though my phy-
sician does not give me great en-
couragement. Meanwhile the
omens multiply, & I perceive
clearly that our Cause is to
have its first great triumph.
Fremont
Birth: 1813-01-21 Death: 1890-07-13
will be elected. I amsure of it.
Wm. M. Meredith
Birth: 1799-06-08 Death: 1873-08-17
still standsaloof here. Cannot you help
him forward? When do you
lift your voice-an ora[ tor ]
Supplied
in the fight? I have waite[ d ]
Supplied
for its wonderful tones.
Give my love to Mrs Seward
Birth: 1805-09-24 Death: 1865-06-21
.Ever sincerely yours,
Charles Sumner