[Rarebooks] FS: Charles Sumner Letter to the Secretary of War
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SUMNER, Charles. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS) to the Secretary of War.
Boston, 10 January 1858. A one-page AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED by Sumner
addressed to The Secretary of War (John B. Floyd) asking him for
assistance in promoting the brother of one of Sumner's constituents,
Ebenezer C. Allen, to the rank of lieutenant. Typical creases from
mailing; ink dark and bold. About Fine.
Senator Charles Sumner, perhaps the most influential man in public life
after Lincoln at the end of the Civil War, was a notable advocate for
emancipation of the slaves and later for civil rights. He was severely
beaten on the floor of the United States Senate by Representative
Preston Brooks of South Carolina in retribution for Sumner's attack on
Brooks's uncle, South Carolina Senator Andrew Butler, and the
Kansas-Nebraska Act in his "Crime against Kansas" [May 19 and 20, 1856]
speech. The beating nearly killed Sumner, and it took him several years
to recover. The beating also contributed significantly to the country's
polarization over the issue of slavery and has been considered symbolic
of the "breakdown of reasoned discourse" and the use of violence that
eventually led to the Civil War. (#020467) $250
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