Letters, 1852 Dec. 8-1863 July 6.

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Letters, 1852 Dec. 8-1863 July 6.

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Includes: Letter, 1852 Dec. 8, Washington, D.C., to Erastus Hopkins, discussing Whitney's report and attacks of the Free Soilers on him; letter, 1856 Aug. 2, Washington, D.C., to John Weiss, regarding Eliot's move to repeal the Fugitive Slave Act; letter, 1860 Nov. 11, Boston, to John Weiss, regarding letters of [Theodore?] Parker; 1863 July 6, Washington, D.C., to John Weiss, concerning England - "As if a declaration of neutrality in this conflict was not a declaration of infamy."

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Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874

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Hopkins, Erastus, 1810-1872

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Weiss, John, 1818-1879

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