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Addressed from the "Senate Chamber" in Washington, D.C., this brief note is a letter of introduction for Mark W. Delahay from Charles Sumner, the famed Republican abolitionist senator from Massachusetts. The senator introduces "Col. Delahay" as a "member of Congress elect from the state of Kansas" but the federal government never recognized the elections held under the Topeka Constitution,
Creator: Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874
Date: March 24, 1856
Item Number: 90467
Call Number: Delahay Family Coll. #326
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 90467
Collections - Manuscript - Delahay Family
Date - 1854-1860 - 1856
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Congress - Senate
Government and Politics - Political Parties - Republican
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Antislavery - Abolition
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Notable Kansans - Delahay, Mark William, 1818-1879
People - Notable People - Sumner, Charles
Places - Other States - District of Columbia -- Washington
Places - Other States - Massachusetts
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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