T.J. Cummings letter, 1876 Nov. 24.

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T.J. Cummings letter, 1876 Nov. 24.

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T.J. Cummings of New Orleans writes William Graham Sumner in New Haven, Conn., blasting him for his views on the political situation in Louisiana and insisting Sumner was fooled by lies told him by Democrats.

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Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Sumner, William Graham, 1840-1910

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William Graham Sumner was born in Paterson, New Jersey on October 30, 1840. He graduated from Yale University (B.A., 1863) and studied in Europe (1863-1866). He served as a tutor at Yale (1866-1869) and was ordained as a priest of the Calvary Church in New York City in 1869. In 1872 Sumner was appointed to the newly created chair of political and social science at Yale. He retired as professor emeritus in 1909. Sumner was an educational and administrative leader at Yale, and had a substantive im...

Cummings, T.J.

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William Graham Sumner held the chair of Political Economy at Yale University and wrote numerous books and essays on American history, economic history, political theory, sociology, and anthropology. In the fall of 1877, he sat in on the electoral commission to investigate fraud in New Orleans during the 1876 presidential election. From the description of T.J. Cummings letter, 1876 Nov. 24. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 725507342 ...