(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION) TAPPAN LEWIS Autograph Letter Signed

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A SUPERB ASSOCIATION (SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) TAPPAN, LEWIS. Autograph Letter Signed to Charles Sumner, regarding a vote in the Senate. The ink copy from a 19th century copy-book, small 4to, a few tears and marginal wear. New York, 4 February, 1862

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Tappan writes: "I have just read the speech on The Expulsion of a Senator that you had the kindness to send to me. How any Senator after such a presentation of facts and arguments can hesitate to vote aye, on the question of the passage of the resolution before the Senate, I am utterly unable to imagine. Off with his head! So much for B. Yours Truly, L. Tappan." The letter refers to the expulsion of Senator Jesse Bright of Indiana for "disloyalty" stemming from a letter he wrote to Jefferson Davis during the war.