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Sumner, Charles (1811-1874) to S.R. Phillips

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02095.31 Author/Creator: Sumner, Charles (1811-1874) Place Written: Washington, D.C. Type: Autograph note signed Date: 2 March 1874 Pagination: 1 p. ; 7.8 x 13 cm. Order a Copy

Replies that a paper Phillips requested cannot be obtained today as his colleague, who has it, is absent. Ends by saying, "We are tranquil at last." Written on a United States Postal card to Phillips at the State House in Boston. Marked Senate Chamber.

Written nine days before Sumner's death on 11 March.

Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874
Phillips, S. R., fl. 1874

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