Letter from Charles Sumner to William Henry Seward, October 5, 1856

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Letter from Charles Sumner to William Henry Seward, October 5, 1856
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Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections

Date:1856-10-05

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Letter from Charles Sumner to William Henry Seward, October 5, 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: Unknown
Unknown

transcription: mec 

revision: tap 2017-04-13

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Phila – 5th Oct. ‘56
at Mr Furness’s
Birth: 1802-04-20 Death: 1896-01-30

My dear Seward,
I have enjoyed &
admired your speech at
Detroit, which is masterly
in its simplicity, ele-
gance & force. It con-
tains much that I
should have tried to
say—were I not alas!
shut out from all
such effort.
Page 2

Your note cheered me;
but without composing
me to what is becoming
only more & more de-
termined. The inexorable
thread of my disability
still spins out & is
not yet cut. Mean-
while opportunity is
closing the gate upon
me while I rest
. My phy-
sician
Birth: 1818 Death: 1888-12-20
tells me that
Page 3

I shall be “thoroughly com-
fortable” in November, &
“good for work or speaking”
in December. Would you
submit to him?
All signs are with
us. Our victory we-be-
gins already to over-
shadow the country.
Foot
Birth: 1802-11-19 Death: 1866-03-28Certainty: Probable
& Preston King
Birth: 1806-10-14 Death: 1865-11-12

called upon me yester-
day, full of confidence.
“Fair laughs the
morn” &c –
Remember me always
to your wife
Birth: 1805-09-24 Death: 1865-06-21
. Ever thine,
C.S.
Page 4

Unknown
C.S.
Phila
Oct 5/56