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Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874 to Azariah Smith

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02095.05 Author/Creator: Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: February 22, 1857 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 18.3 cm, Width: 11.3 cm Order a Copy

Thanks him for his letter. Plans to leave for Washington, D.C., "simply to vote" presumably in Senate. After Washington, Sumner plans to travel to Europe "in search of that complete restoration which I have not yet found at home."

Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874
Smith, Azariah, fl. 1857

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