Autographed 2-page letter signed from the Senate Chamber (No envelop) Urges that a post office at Harris Square must not be connected with a grog shop.

Sumner, Charles (US Senator)

Erscheinungsdatum: 1861

Beschreibung

Very good condition with small ink splotch on p 1; written in clear, crisp ink on 2 sides of one sheet of stationery measuring 5" x 8" and signed by Charles Sumner.11th Jan. '61My Dear Pierce, Several days before I read yr letter I saw the Postmaster, who in the presence of Mr Kass , and found that he should not reconsider the case of the post office at Harris Square--the the place was definitely fixed;--but that it must not be connected with a grog shop. I thought this reasonable. Ever yrs, Charles Sumner Charles Sumner (1811 1874) was an American lawyer, politician, and statesman who represented Massachusetts in the United States Senate from 1851 until his death in 1874. Before and during the American Civil War, he was a leading American advocate for the abolition of slavery. He chaired the Senate Foreign Relations Committee from 1861 to 1871, until he lost the position following a dispute with President Ulysses S. Grant over the attempted annexation of Santo Domingo. After breaking with Grant, he joined the C, spending his final two years in the Senate alienated from his party. Sumner had a controversial and divisive legacy for many years after his death, but in recent decades, his historical reputation has improved in recognition of his early support for racial equality.Sumner began his political activism as a member of various anti-slavery groups, leading to his election to the U.S. Senate in 1851 as a member of the Free Soil Party; he soon became a founding member of the Republican Party. In the Senate, he devoted his efforts to opposing the "Slave Power,"[1] which in 1856 culminated in a vicious beating, almost to the point of death, by Representative Preston Brooks on the Senate floor.[2] Sumner's severe injuries and extended absence from the Senate made him a symbol of the anti-slavery cause. Though he did not return to the Senate until 1859, Massachusetts reelected him in 1857, leaving his empty desk as a reminder of the incident, which polarized the nation as the Civil War approached. (Wikipedia). Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 1452

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Titel: Autographed 2-page letter signed from the ...

Erscheinungsdatum: 1861

Einband: No Binding

Zustand: Very Good

Signiert: Signed by Author