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Includes 50 letters from Charles Sumner to Francis William Bird (including one dated the day before Sumner died) sent from Washington while serving as a Senator and while on two trips to Europe. The letters primarily concern the Whig party, the civil war, the rights of African Americans, and American politics. Several are marked "private" or "confidential". Other correspondence includes letters purporting to come from slaves in defense of slavery. Also includes statements about Sumner's marriage by Bird and funeral notice, program and newspapers clippings about Sumner, among other items.
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Archbishop Sumner was a gifted academic as well as an outstanding pastor and administrator. During his tenure as Archbishop of Canterbury, his mild and statesmanlike policies guided the Church of England through a turbulent period, including the restoration of the Roman Catholic episcopal hierarchy in England, as well as the rapid expansion of the Anglican Communion throughout the world.