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Charles Sumner to George Sewall Boutwell, May 1872
Manuscript letter
[pencil annotation:] “[Bought by H.W.L. Dana]”
private & confidential
Washington
My dear Govr,
Anxious to save the Republican party, now imperiled by selfish men, I turn to you. The cause of trouble is a man whose name divides instead of uniting the party. Let him with- [p. 2] draw. How after receiving honor from the party he insists upon dividing it & plunging the country into an internecine feud can be understood only when we consider the selfishness & vindictiveness of his nature.
You have a right to be heard. Appeal to him. Ask him to withdraw positively & [p. 3] unreservedly, & give us peace.
I write to you for yr private eye, according to our long intimacy & with a sincere desire that we may all be saved the trial impending should he persevere.
Ever sincerely Yours,
Charles Sumner
P.S. An old M. C now here tells me that he is astonished to find beyond the few Presdtial strikers nobody for him!
[pencil annotation:] 459
[Beverly Wilson Palmer, ed. The Selected Letters of Charles Sumner, identifies the letter's recipient as Secretary of the Treasury George Sewall Boutwell and the letter's subject as president of the United States Ulysses S. Grant.]
private & confidential
Washington
My dear Govr,
Anxious to save the Republican party, now imperiled by selfish men, I turn to you. The cause of trouble is a man whose name divides instead of uniting the party. Let him with- [p. 2] draw. How after receiving honor from the party he insists upon dividing it & plunging the country into an internecine feud can be understood only when we consider the selfishness & vindictiveness of his nature.
You have a right to be heard. Appeal to him. Ask him to withdraw positively & [p. 3] unreservedly, & give us peace.
I write to you for yr private eye, according to our long intimacy & with a sincere desire that we may all be saved the trial impending should he persevere.
Ever sincerely Yours,
Charles Sumner
P.S. An old M. C now here tells me that he is astonished to find beyond the few Presdtial strikers nobody for him!
[pencil annotation:] 459
[Beverly Wilson Palmer, ed. The Selected Letters of Charles Sumner, identifies the letter's recipient as Secretary of the Treasury George Sewall Boutwell and the letter's subject as president of the United States Ulysses S. Grant.]
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Longfellow House - Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site, Code: LONG
Longfellow House - Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Latitude: 42.3769989013672, Longitude: -71.1264038085938
Latitude: 42.3769989013672, Longitude: -71.1264038085938
Title: Finding Aid to the Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Dana (1881-1950) Papers, 1744-1972 (bulk dated: 1850-1950)
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05/01/1872 - 05/30/1872
Manuscript letter in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Dana Papers, Series IX. Collected Materials, C. Miscellaneous Famous People. (1002/9.3-159#033)
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