Letters received, 1868.

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Letters received, 1868.

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Collection consists of a letter from Mary Howard Schoolcraft complaining about life in Washington D.C., and a letter from Charles Sumner commenting on the Senate trial of Andrew Johnson. Also included are two letters conveying the collection to the Athenaeum from Joseph D. Sawyer, Wiggin's son-in-law, and a writ from York, England, dated 1623/4.

5 items, in folder.

Boston Athenaeum

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SNAC Resource ID: 6675790

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Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874

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Massachusetts lawyer and U.S. Senator, 1851-1874. He was an ardent abolitionist who attacked the south in his "crime against Kansas" speech in 1856. Two days later he was assaulted in the Senate, receiving injuries that took him years to recover from. From the description of Letters, 1858-1869. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 55768315 Born in Boston, Mass., the U.S. statesman Charles Sumner studied law at Harvard and practiced law in his native ci...

Wiggin, Charles E.

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Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe, Mrs.

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Sawyer, Joseph Dillaway, 1849-

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