Autographed 3-page letter signed (No envelop) Mentions a bronze statue of Mr. George Peabody

Sumner, Charles (US Senator)

Publication Date: 1870

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Very good condition written in clear, crisp ink on three sides of one sheet of stationery measuring 5" x 8" and signed by Charles Sumner.Senate Chamber, 24th Jan. 70My dear Dr.,I am grateful to you not only for yr kindness to me but for yr appreciation of a young artist who deserves yr praise. Show me how I can serve him & I shall do all in my power. There is one bronze statue of Mr. Peabody (with pencil addition of "George" and "merchant" in another hand) by an American artist which has been placed in London. To propose another in bronze--also by an American artist--is not sufficiently reasonable. Why not have it here? There is none in our country. Let us have one here rather than have two in London. Bring your energies in this direction, Dear Dr. Very faithfully yours, Charles Sumner Charles Sumner (1811 1874) was an American lawyer, politician, and statesman who represented Massachusetts in the United States Senate from 1851 until his death in 1874. Before and during the American Civil War, he was a leading American advocate for the abolition of slavery. He chaired the Senate Foreign Relations Committee from 1861 to 1871, until he lost the position following a dispute with President Ulysses S. Grant over the attempted annexation of Santo Domingo. After breaking with Grant, he joined the C, spending his final two years in the Senate alienated from his party. Sumner had a controversial and divisive legacy for many years after his death, but in recent decades, his historical reputation has improved in recognition of his early support for racial equality.Sumner began his political activism as a member of various anti-slavery groups, leading to his election to the U.S. Senate in 1851 as a member of the Free Soil Party; he soon became a founding member of the Republican Party. In the Senate, he devoted his efforts to opposing the "Slave Power,"[1] which in 1856 culminated in a vicious beating, almost to the point of death, by Representative Preston Brooks on the Senate floor.[2] Sumner's severe injuries and extended absence from the Senate made him a symbol of the anti-slavery cause. Though he did not return to the Senate until 1859, Massachusetts reelected him in 1857, leaving his empty desk as a reminder of the incident, which polarized the nation as the Civil War approached. (Wikipedia). Seller Inventory # 1450

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Title: Autographed 3-page letter signed (No envelop...

Publication Date: 1870

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Very Good

Signed: Signed by Author