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Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874 to Robert Adams

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07356.01 Author/Creator: Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 3 July 1852 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 25 cm, Width: 20.1 cm Order a Copy

Thanks Adams, possibly an underground railroad conductor, for the invitation to Independence Day events at Fall River, Massachusetts, but cannot make it. Sends his sentiments instead which he calls trite but necessary. "Defenders of the Constitution, let us not forget the principles of the Declaration; but for the equal support of both, in the spirit of our fathers, without compromise & with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, let us mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes & our sacred honor." Addressed to Robert Adams as Chairman.

Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874

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