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Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874 to Theseus Apoleon Cheney

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02095.14 Author/Creator: Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 9 October 1864 Pagination: 3 p. : Height: 20.2 cm, Width: 12.6 cm Order a Copy

Writes that he is glad Cheney is regaining his health. Comments on the upcoming presidential election and the Civil War: "The good news must stimulate you. Of the result, political or military I cannot doubt. Mr. Lincoln will be re-elected, & Rebellion will be crushed -& with it Slavery which is nothing but another name for the Rebellion."

Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874
Cheney, Theseus Apoleon, 1830-1878

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