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[Remains of violets from Charles Sumner's funeral service]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02095.36 Author/Creator: Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Ephemera Date: 16 March 1874 Pagination: 1 folded paper ; 5 x 7 cm. Order a Copy

In folded paper with note: "Violets from the coffin of the Hon. Chas. Sumner, March 13/74 deceased Mar 11. 74. [10]. m. to 3 pm." Violets are no longer intact; only brittle pieces remain.

Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874

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