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SENDING NEBRASKA SPEECHES ON EVE OF KANSAS-NEBRASKA ACT
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SUMNER, CHARLES. Brief Autograph Letter Signed, sending copies of speeches
on the subject of Nebraska [not present]. 1 page, 8vo, with integral blank; horizontal folds.
“Senate Chamber” [Washington], 4 May 1854
[300/400]
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I have not felt able to subscribe for all the speeches pro and con on the Neb[raska] wickedness,
& of those that I did subscribe for, most of my copies have been ably distributed.
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Agreeably to your request, I send you copies of such as I have.”
On May 30, 1854, the Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed, thereby repealing the Missouri
Compromise (which prohibited slavery in the area occupied by both territories), resulting in vio-
lent confrontations there between activists for and against slavery.
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SUMNER, CHARLES. Autograph Quotation dated and Signed: “Our cause is
nobler even / than that of our Fathers, / inasmuch as it is more / exalted to struggle for /
the Freedom of others than / for our own.” 1 page, small 8vo; silked on verso and recto,
faint scattered staining overall, closed tear at lower right corner.
Philadelphia, 3 May 1858
[100/200]
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SUMNER, CHARLES. Group of 14 items Signed, or Signed and Inscribed,
including mostly Autograph Letters Signed, to various recipients. Together 32 pages,
mostly 8vo; condition generally good.
Vp, 1842-72
[600/900]
ADS, interrogation and deposition of William Savage in case of U.S. v. 410 Casks Molasses.
[Boston,] 25 November 1842 * ALS, to O.C. Gardner. Boston, 16 October 1848.With the
original envelope * ALS, to Rev. John L. Blake. Boston, 25 April 1853 * ALS, to Henry
Vose et. al. Boston, 19 October 1853 * ALS, to the Secretary of War, complaining that no
answer was received to his query concerning the case of Mr. Fallen. “Senate Chamber,” 24
March 1856 * ALS, to the Secretary of War, conveying a request for promotion to Lieutenant.
Boston, 10 January 1858 * ALS, to Frank Moore. Boston, 1 January 1859 * ALS, to
Charles K. Dillaway, declining to send a book and adding that “among the incidents of my
accident & long invalidism, has been a derangement of my lists,—either at the folding-room of
the Senate or my own rooms—so that I cannot make these sets complete. . . .”Washington, 5
February 1860 * ALS, to “Dear Sir.” Boston, 20 September 1863 * ALS, to “Dear Sir.”
Boston, 6 November 1863 * ALS, to “My dear Ballard,” informing him that he has written
to the Secretary for his young protégé and closing with “‘The good time is coming,’ of this be
sure.” “Senate Chamber,” 19 February 1864 * ALS, to “Madam”: “It is our plain duty to
unite without hesitation against the Chicago-ites. . . . Our cause is good enough for an angel. It
is our misfortune that we have only a man to guide. . . .” Boston, 10 September 1864 * LS,
to Charles P. Eaton, promising to send a copy of his speech on the English Treaty provided he
makes one. “Senate Chamber,” 31 March [1869] * ALS, to “My dear Cowdin.” “Senate
Chamber,” 9 December 1872 * ALS, “For the Printer,” requesting proofs of the new passages.
Np, nd.