(CIVIL WAR) SUMNER CHARLES Autograph Letter Signed as US Sen

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(CIVIL WAR.) SUMNER, CHARLES. Autograph Letter Signed, as U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, to an unnamed recipient ("Dear Sir"), recommending for an appointment one Edward Sherwin, son of the Head Master of the Boston Latin School. 1 1/2 pages, 8vo, with integral blank, written on the recto and verso of the first leaf; docketed on the terminal page, minor smudging on the first page (not affecting signature), folds. Boston, 12 February 1862

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Sumner (1811-1874) was a statesman who supported the abolition of slavery and strove to secure equal civil rights for all American citizens.