Correspondence of Charles Sumner, 1835-1874.

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Correspondence of Charles Sumner, 1835-1874.

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Letters from Sumner to Elizabeth Georgiana (Leveson-Gower) Campbell, Duchess of Argyll, William Wetmore Story, and others concern with relations of the United States with Great Britain and British opinion of the Civil War; national politics in the years immediately preceding, during and after the war; Sumner's opinions of Andrew Johnson; travels in England, France, and Italy; law and literature.

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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...

Story, William Wetmore, 1819-1895

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William Wetmore Story was born in Massachusetts. He graduated from Harvard Law School in 1840, left the United States in 1847 and spent the rest of his life in Rome. There he began his career as a sculptor, working mostly in marble. From the description of Letters sent, 1860, 1875. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 77798425 American expatriate William Wetmore Story had talent and success in diverse pursuits. After graduating from Harvard, he practised law in Bo...

Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875

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