Letter, [18]54 Aug. 25, Newport, R.I., to J.C. Holmes [Detroit].

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Letter, [18]54 Aug. 25, Newport, R.I., to J.C. Holmes [Detroit].

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Declines the invitation of the Michigan State Agricultural Society.

[3] p. on 1 l. Holograph signed.

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Michigan State Agricultural Society

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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...