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The Law of Human Progress: An Oration before the Phi Beta Kappa Society of Union College, in New York. July 25th 1848. :

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Description: The extra-illustrated volume including an autograph manuscript of Sumner's address before the Phi Beta Kappa society of the Union College of Schenectady, N.Y. on July 25, 1848. The manuscript (HM 75886) is a draft with insertions, corrections, editorial changes, etc.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Call number: mssHM 75881-75884, HM 75886
Creator: Sumner, Charles (1811-1874)(Opens in new tab)
Additional description: Also included are Sumner's letters. Sumner's letter (1837, Nov. 20) to Capt. Gustavus Savage Drane (1789-1846) discussing his legal practice (HM 75884); an anti-slavery sentiment dated March 21, 1854, apparently penned as an autograph (HM 75883), an undated letter (before 1866) to Henry Charles Carey (1793-1879) apologizing for not being able to pay him a visit (HM 75882); and letter to "Dear Sir" that discusses Carl Schurz, Montgomery Blair, and the debates over the appointment of William Pile (1829-1889) as minister resident to Venezuela (1869, May 6, HM 75881). The volume also contains two portraits of Sumner: heliotype by J. R. Osgood & Co., from an original photograph by G. K. Warren, and an engraving with the inscription "Equality of Rights. Probity. Humanity. Patriotism."
Provenance: Purchased from Friends of Orinda Library, May 25, 2011.
Dimensions: 25 cm ;; bound in an extra-illustrated book, with five additional letters.
Associated people: Carey, Henry Charles, (1793-1879.); Drane, Gustavus Savage, (1789-1846,)
Associated organizations: James MacDonald Co.,; Phi Beta Kappa,; Union College (Schenectady, N.Y.),
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The law of human progress : an oration before the Phi beta kappa society of Union college, Schenectady : July 25th, 1848
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