Letter from Charles Sumner to William Henry Seward, 1858
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Letter from Charles Sumner to William Henry Seward, 1858
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Distributor:Seward Family Digital Archive
Institution:University of Rochester
Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections
Date:1858
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Letter from Charles Sumner to William Henry Seward, 1858
action: sent
sender: Charles Sumner
Birth: 1811-01-06
Death: 1874-03-11
location: Unknown
receiver: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
location: UnknownUnknown
transcription: msr
revision: crb 2017-04-24
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Thursday afternoon
4 o’clock—
My dear Seward,
Just as I leave
for Phila . I find
my Balmez
Spanish author who
died at 38. Read
the pages marked. On
the last you will
find the Pope’s Bull
against Slave Trade
Page
2
in 1839-about
the only time these
Portugese & Spaniards
were setting it at
naught.
The copy is
mine & not the
Library’s.
I covet more
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3
than all things the
power to discuss
these questions
myself.
I go to Mr Furness’
at Phila.
God bless you & Mrs S.
Ever yours,
Charles Sumner
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4
Thursday afternoon
4 o’clock—
My dear Seward,
Just as I leave
for Phila . I find
my Balmez
Birth: 1810-08-28 Death: 1848-07-09
—aSpanish author who
died at 38. Read
the pages marked. On
the last you will
find the Pope’s Bull
against Slave Trade
in 1839-about
the only time these
Portugese & Spaniards
were setting it at
naught.
The copy is
mine & not the
Library’s.
I covet more
than all things the
power to discuss
these questions
myself.
I go to Mr Furness’
Birth: 1802-04-20 Death: 1896-01-30
at Phila.
God bless you & Mrs S.
Birth: 1805-09-24 Death: 1865-06-21
Ever yours,
Charles Sumner