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Francis B. Carpenter, Six Months at the White House 4 4 Browse Search
Laura E. Richards, Maud Howe, Florence Howe Hall, Julia Ward Howe, 1819-1910, in two volumes, with portraits and other illustrations: volume 1 3 3 Browse Search
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 4 2 0 Browse Search
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Browsing named entities in Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 4. You can also browse the collection for McKaye or search for McKaye in all documents.

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Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 4, Chapter 48: Seward.—emancipation.—peace with France.—letters of marque and reprisal.—foreign mediation.—action on certain military appointments.—personal relations with foreigners at Washington.—letters to Bright, Cobden, and the Duchess of Argyll.—English opinion on the Civil War.—Earl Russell and Gladstone.—foreign relations.—1862-1863. (search)
2 (Works, vol. VII. p. 255; Boston Journal, June 30, 1863, replying to Dr. H. I. Bowditch). Mr. Stanton appointed a commission to investigate the condition of the negroes coming within our lines, and to propose methods for protecting and assisting them. Sumner hoped much from it. Its results were, however, inconsiderable; events rather than theories were to settle the problem. Sumner wrote to F. W. Bird, March 19:— At last the Freedman's Commission is organized,—Dale Owen, Howe, McKaye . . . .I have seen the commissioners, and like them much. They are excellent and admirable, and enter upon the work generously and nobly. They have invited Howe to meet them in New York at once, in order to plan their work. They propose to visit South Carolina and Louisiana, and perhaps also the West Indies. I doubt not that their report will be a contribution to civilization. One of Sumner's greatest public services—and it was an inestimable service—was his constant effort during