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20 December 1856
Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874
to Henry E. Rees
Senator Sumner replies to a letter from Rees. Claims that unless slavery is checked, "the liberty of white as well as black in our country will become a name only."
GLC01574.02
circa spring 1851
Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896
to Dr. Stone
Writes from "Woodside Cottage." Says she just received his letter and hopes to see him in Boston next week. Asks him "to make no public mention if you have not, of the Uncle Tom project till I have seen you. Don't mention it at any rate till then."...
GLC01584.01
20 March 1852
to Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
On its first day of publication in 1852, Stowe sends a copy [not present] of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" to Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria. Slavery had been abolished throughout the British Empire in 1833, and Stowe holds Britain up as a model for...
GLC01585
20 August 1861
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882
to Mr. Laighton
Regrets that he is unable to attend a meeting held at Allston Hall the following Friday, in remembrance of Theodore Parker. Emerson claims, "I do not know that I could add any facts of interest to the recollections of the occasion. Yet Theodore...
GLC01549
1847-1874
Collection of signed materials, pamphlets and Civil War-related items of Charles Sumner [Decimalized .01 - .41]
Collection of signed materials, books, letters and documents related to the coming of the war, Sumner's career and Reconstruction. Includes: 17 ALSs (30 p.) 1847-1874, 6 AQS on themes of liberty and equal rights, 3 cartes de visite (2 signed), 2...
GLC02095
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