Letter from Charles Sumner to William Henry Seward, October 10, 1860
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Letter from Charles Sumner to William Henry Seward, October 10, 1860
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Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections
Date:1860-10-10
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Letter from Charles Sumner to William Henry Seward, October 10, 1860
action: sent
sender: Charles Sumner
Birth: 1811-01-06
Death: 1874-03-11
location: Boston, MA
receiver: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
location: UnknownUnknown
transcription: mec
revision: tap 2017-05-04
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Boston 10th Oct. ‘60
My dear Seward,
You have beat your-
self each time that
you have spoken. I have
never admired your
speeches so much as
I admire that suc-
cession from Detroit
round to Chicago. No-
body in our history
could have made it.
I am glad you are
again at home—
well I hope; weary
& exhausted, I fear.
Meanwhile glad
tidings are coming. Good
bye!
Ever Yours,
Charles Sumner
I have learned much
of your doings from Adams
Birth: 1807-08-18 Death: 1886-11-21Certainty: Probable
,who has been powerfully
impressed both by yr
reception & the way
in which you met it.
P.S. I forgot the most
important part of my
note this morning. It is
to urge that yr Western
speeches—all—great
& small—but there were
no small in reality—
every word so far as it
can be gathered should
be collected in a
volume. I wish to see
them all together be-
tween two hard covers,
that they may stand for-
ever in perpetuam me-
moriam to keep alive
the memory of one of
the most remarkable
journeys & one of the
most remarkable suc-
cession of speeches ever
made. C.S.
Wednesday afternoon
10th Oct. ’60.