Frederick Douglass to Cha[rle]s Sumner, September 9, 1869
Rochester. Sept 9th 1869
Hon Chas: Sumner.
My dear Sir: I am obliged by your note of the 7th but I did not mean by sending you my speech, thus to task you. I know how completely and well your time is employed. I am sorry I have not the copies of my speech for which you ask.
So Senator Fessenden is gone. I thought of you when I read the announcement. He was never just to you and sometimes, I fear, intentionally offensive; but now that his chair is vacant and his voice silent in the Senate, you must remember with satisfaction your forbearance towards him and your freedom from bitter retort when his words and bearing seemed to invite other treatment.
Truly your friend
Frederick Douglass
Creator
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
Date
September 9, 1869
Description
FD to Cha[rle]s Sumner. ALS: Charles Sumner Manuscripts, MHH. Apologizes for not having copies of his speech to send and offers advice regarding the late Senator William P. Fessenden.
Publisher
This document was calendared in the published volume and has not been published in full before.
Collection
Harvard University, Houghton Library: Charles Sumner Manuscripts
Type
Letters
Publication Status
Unpublished