Sumner, Charles (1811-1874) to Owen Lovejoy
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02448.15 Author/Creator: Sumner, Charles (1811-1874) Place Written: Washington, D.C. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 7 April 1862 Pagination: 1 p. ; 23 x 14.1 cm. Order a Copy
Sumner, a United States Senator, writes to Lovejoy, a Representative from Illinois. Writes, "Here is Senate Bill 230, which you desired. We shall send you the Freedom Bill, & trust to your good votes & Providence." In a post script, notes that Trumbull will be speaking for emancipation (possibly referring to Lyman Trumbull, a Senator from Illinois who later co-sponsored the Thirteenth Amendment). Year based on content.
Owen Lovejoy was the brother of Elijah Parish Lovejoy, the abolitionist who was famously murdered while defending his printing press from a pro-slavery mob. Owen Lovejoy was also a prominent abolitionist and confidante of Abraham Lincoln.
[Draft Transcript]
Dear Lovejoy,
Here is Senate Bill 230, which you desired. We shall send you the Freedom Bill, & trust to your good votes & Providence.
Ever yours,
Charles Sumner
Senate Chamber
7th April
Trumbull is speaking for confiscation & Emancipation.
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