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Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874 Letters from Sumner to Frederick Douglass [Decimalized .01-.02]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00470 Author/Creator: Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874 Place Written: Various Places Type: Header Record Date: circa December 1870 Pagination: 2 letters Order a Copy

Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895

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