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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC06554 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864 |
| Title | Charles Sumner to unknown about abolition |
| Date | 11 August 1864 |
| Author | Sumner, Charles (1811-1874) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Referring to abolition, Sumner declares, "The cause is more than any man- Davis, Wade or Lincoln, & it must be saved. There must be harmony among our friends, & energy- oh my God! Energy in the Good!" Following his signature, continues "Energy in action & in ideas!- both!" Sumner is referring to Henry Winter Davis, Benjamin Franklin Wade, and Abraham Lincoln. |
| Subjects | Civil War Abolition Slavery African American History President Reform Movement |
| People | Sumner, Charles (1811-1874) Davis, Henry Winter (1817-1865) Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) Wade, Benjamin Franklin (1800-1878) |
| Place written | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Slavery & Abolition; African Americans |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | This letter was written roughly one month after the Wade-Davis bill passed both houses of Congress. President Lincoln, whose "Ten Percent Plan" for Reconstruction was more lenient, refused to sign it, angering the Radical Republicans. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |