Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874 to Frederick Douglass
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00470.02 Author/Creator: Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874 Place Written: Nahant, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: circa December 1870 Pagination: 2 p. ; 17.8 x 22 cm. Order a Copy
Dated "Thursday." [Henry Wadsworth] Longfellow (who had a home in Nahant) informed Sumner that false words about Douglass had been attributed to Sumner. Sumner clarifies that he stated that whatever Douglass may think of the "Presidential indignity" every one had a right to expresss their opinion "inas much as it concerned race."
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