Washington, December 4, 1859.
Dear Mr. Pike:
I am surprised and pained at what I
learn from you of the affairs of Dr. B. . . .
Every anti-Slavery man is his debtor, and I shall rejoice in
any opportunity of testifying, by word or act, to this conviction.
Pray let me know frankly what I can do to this end.
I shall see Mrs. B. to-day.
There are other things of which I shall be glad to talk with
you. But you will surely be here with the New Year.
Present my compliments to Mrs. Pike, and believe me,
Ever faithfully yours,
Charles Sumner.
SOURCE: James Shepherd Pike, First Blows of the Civil War: The Ten Years of Preliminary Conflict in
the United States from 1850 to 1860, p. 451
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