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Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 2 26 0 Browse Search
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 3 21 1 Browse Search
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Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 5 1 Browse Search
Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 3 4 0 Browse Search
Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 4 4 0 Browse Search
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Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 4, chapter 10 (search)
ments in eight months,—July 4, 1869,—thus anticipating an event which did not take place till ten years later. He introduced at the beginning of the next session a bill for resuming at that date. E. G. Spaulding's History of Legal Tender Paper Money (p. 28) contains a letter from the senator expressing his impatience at the continued postponement of resumption. His proposition alarmed those of his constituents on whose wisdom in finance he had relied,—Atkinson, Endicott, J. M. Forbes, Amasa Walker, and J. S. Ropes,—all insisting that the measure was premature, and would derange business without a previous reduction of the currency. On the other hand, the conservative jurist, R. A. Chapman, Chief-Justice of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts, in a letter to Sumner, October 30, commended the speech fully, and particularly the naming of the date of resumption. But Sumner, who always assigned to moral forces (in this case confidence and a fixed purpose) a larger share in a desired