Lot 3028
Charles Sumner, free frank "C. Sumner" as U.S. Senator on buff cover to Scotia, N.Y., Fine.
Estimate $150 - 200
Charles Sumner was a prominent statesman and orator who vigorously opposed slavery. As a U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, he took an active role in the congressional debates on the Kansas/Nebraska Act. He delivered the famous two-day speech on "The Crime Against Kansas" in 1856. A town in Kansas was named in his honor.
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