AQS on an off-white 4.75 x 7.5 sheet. Sumner pens a quote from his speech, The Landmark of Freedom. In full: “Not that I love the Union less, but freedom more, do I now, in pleading this great cause, insist that freedom, at all hazards, shall be preserved.” Signed at the conclusion, “Charles Sumner, Washington, 11th March ’54.” In fine condition, with some scattered light creases and toning. RR Auction COA.
