Letter from Charles Sumner to William Henry Seward, November 7, 1860
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Letter from Charles Sumner to William Henry Seward, November 7, 1860
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Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections
Date:1860-11-07
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Letter from Charles Sumner to William Henry Seward, November 7, 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 7th Nov. ‘60
My dear Seward,
Yr last words at
New York were simple,
grave, impressive.
They fitly closed your
most remarkable
series of speeches.
Here we can hardly re-
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joice in our great
state & national
triumph when we
think that we have
lost Burlingame
Through Mr Appleton
Boston gives a
hand-shake to
the Pro-slavery
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men of the South; &
his table will be-
come one of their
Council-boards. This
is hard to bear.
We suspect the
grossest frauds, but
covered up too in-
geniously. God bless you!
Ever yours,
Charles Sumner
Boston 7th Nov. ‘60
My dear Seward,
Yr last words at
New York were simple,
grave, impressive.
They fitly closed your
most remarkable
series of speeches.
Here we can hardly re-
joice in our great
state & national
triumph when we
think that we have
lost Burlingame
Birth: 1820-11-14 Death: 1870-02-23
.Through Mr Appleton
Birth: 1786-11-16 Death: 1862-02-15
Boston gives a
hand-shake to
the Pro-slavery
men of the South; &
his table will be-
come one of their
Council-boards. This
is hard to bear.
We suspect the
grossest frauds, but
covered up too in-
geniously. God bless you!
Ever yours,
Charles Sumner