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Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 4, Chapter 51: reconstruction under Johnson's policy.—the fourteenth amendment to the constitution.—defeat of equal suffrage for the District of Columbia, and for Colorado, Nebraska, and Tennessee.—fundamental conditions.— proposed trial of Jefferson Davis.—the neutrality acts. —Stockton's claim as a senator.—tributes to public men. —consolidation of the statutes.—excessive labor.— address on Johnson's Policy.—his mother's death.—his marriage.—1865-1866. (search)
ch concerns. Thank Mrs. Bancroft and Mr. Bliss, whom I should be glad to see, and believe me gratefully and sincerely yours, Charles Sumner. To Whittier he wrote, October 17:— To-day, at three o'clock, I shall be married, and at the age of fifty-five begin to live. Your good wises are precious to me. The unhappy sequel may as well be given here. After a few weeks in Newport and at the family home in Boston, Mr. and Mrs. Sumner began to occupy, just before the session in December, 1866, a house in Washington,—322 I Street. The various preparations for housekeeping were made; a French teacher engaged for the child; a pew in the Church of the Epiphany rented; a span of horses, which had been Lord Lyons's, bought, to be sold a year later,—the only beasts that Sumner ever owned. During the winter he and his wife participated in the social life of Washington, entertaining and being entertained by senators, diplomatists, and friends, and occasionally attending balls. The<