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Register of the Charles Sumner Letter
MSS 0331
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Description
Holograph letter dated "July 29" in which Sumner mentions receiving a note from Sir David
Brewster and announces his inteniton to call on Mr. Purvis in Boston. The letter probably
could not have been written after 1868.
Background
U.S. statesman, Massachusetts senator from 1852-1874.