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Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874 [to Mary Todd Lincoln]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05603.01.03 Author/Creator: Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874 Place Written: City Point, Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: circa April 6, 1865 Pagination: 3 p. : Height: 21 cm, Width: 14 cm Order a Copy

Last three pages of a longer letter. Recipient inferred based on content. Senator Sumner, en route with Mrs. Lincoln to City Point to meet up with the president, responds to her note regarding Lincoln's return to Washington in the wake of Secretary of State Seward's serious carriage accident. The First Lady wanted the president to wait at City Point for their arrival; Sumner strongly advises that they wait for the president. The carriage accident would end up, indirectly, saving Seward's life on the night of the Lincoln assassination.

Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874
Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869
Seward, William H. (William Henry), 1801-1872

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