(CIVIL WAR) SUMNER CHARLES Autograph Letter Signed

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BLEEDING SUMNER (CIVIL WAR.) SUMNER, CHARLES. Autograph Letter Signed, to John D. Baldwin, concerning the attack against him by Preston Brooks, detailing his health, wishing he could travel home but not wanting to leave Washington, insisting that he keep his position in the Senate, and hoping that support for him be equalled by the rallying of the people for the Northern cause. 4 pages, folded 8vo sheet. Cresson, 26 August 1856

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important letter on the infamous ante-bellum attack by preston brooks.