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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02095.14 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection relating to Charles Sumner |
| Title | Charles Sumner to Theseus Apoleon Cheney on the election and Civil War |
| Date | 9 October 1864 |
| Author | Sumner, Charles (1811-1874) |
| Recipient | Cheney, Theseus Apoleon |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Writes that he is glad Cheney is regaining his health. Comments on the upcoming presidential election and the Civil War: "The good news must stimulate you. Of the result, political or military I cannot doubt. Mr. Lincoln will be re-elected, & Rebellion will be crushed -& with it Slavery which is nothing but another name for the Rebellion." |
| Subjects | Health and Medical Civil War Military History President Government and Civics Politics Election Confederate States of America Slavery African American History Union Forces |
| People | Sumner, Charles (1811-1874) Cheney, Theseus Apoleon (1830-1878) |
| Place written | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Theme | The American Civil War; The Presidency; African Americans; Government & Politics; Slavery & Abolition; Health & Medicine |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | Cheney, a historian, wrote Illustrations of the Ancient Monuments of Western New York, among several other works. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |