Letter from Charles Sumner to William Henry Seward, August 4, 1859
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Letter from Charles Sumner to William Henry Seward, August 4, 1859
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Date:1859-08-04
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Letter from Charles Sumner to William Henry Seward, August 4, 1859
action: sent
sender: Charles Sumner
Birth: 1811-01-06
Death: 1874-03-11
location: Le Havre, France
receiver: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
location: UnknownUnknown
transcription: msr
revision: crb 2017-04-26
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Bains Frascati
pres du Havre
4 August ‘59
My dear Seward,
I was glad to hear
from you first by yr little
letter & then by Sherman
who sailed yesterday in
the fast ship Vanderbilt.
I fear there is nobody
to show you Paris— I mean
historically, artistically, &
anecdotically-for socially
it is dead this month; &
I am tempted to go there
merely to be your guide.
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2
The society of Paris is
unlike that of London,
but is, probably, more cele-
brated. Of course it is
active, intelligent, re-
fined; & it believes it-
self the first in the
world. Unhappily the
American Minister
knows very little of it.
M. de Walewski
dressed handsome Minister.
It is amusing to hear him
described by Frenchmen.
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3
I begin to hope good things
for Italy. At all events
there seems to be great
chances, growing out of
the uncertainties of the
Treaty at Villa France.
I wish very much to
see the pictures at
Madrid; but I hesitate
to exchange the soli-
tary seclusion & sea-
bathing of this place for
the excitement & unrest
of travel. I shall stay
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here at least through
this month.
I fear that Douglas
will take a nomination
from the Northern Dem, &
come forward as a 3d
candidate, even if the
Northern Dem. cannot
force him on the Dem.
convention. In either alter-
native, our success
would be rendered more
difficult.
Ever sincerely yours,
Charles Sumner
I reported myself to Mrs Seward
by the Vanderbilt
Bains Frascati
pres du Havre
4 August ‘59
My dear Seward,
I was glad to hear
from you first by yr little
letter & then by Sherman
Birth: 1823-03-10 Death: 1900-10-23Certainty: Probable
,who sailed yesterday in
the fast ship Vanderbilt.
I fear there is nobody
to show you Paris— I mean
historically, artistically, &
anecdotically-for socially
it is dead this month; &
I am tempted to go there
merely to be your guide.
The society of Paris is
unlike that of London,
but is, probably, more cele-
brated. Of course it is
active, intelligent, re-
fined; & it believes it-
self the first in the
world. Unhappily the
American Minister
Birth: 1799-04-18 Death: 1859-10-03Certainty: Probable
thereknows very little of it.
M. de Walewski
Birth: 1810-05-04 Death: 1868-09-27
is a well-dressed handsome Minister.
It is amusing to hear him
described by Frenchmen.
I begin to hope good things
for Italy. At all events
there seems to be great
chances, growing out of
the uncertainties of the
Treaty at Villa France.
I wish very much to
see the pictures at
Madrid; but I hesitate
to exchange the soli-
tary seclusion & sea-
bathing of this place for
the excitement & unrest
of travel. I shall stay
here at least through
this month.
I fear that Douglas
Birth: 1813-04-23 Death: 1861-06-03
will take a nomination
from the Northern Dem, &
come forward as a 3d
candidate, even if the
Northern Dem. cannot
force him on the Dem.
convention. In either alter-
native, our success
would be rendered more
difficult.
Ever sincerely yours,
Charles Sumner
I reported myself to Mrs Seward
Birth: 1805-09-24 Death: 1865-06-21
by the Vanderbilt