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Catalog Record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm89079401
Collection material in English
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the LC Catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically.
The Sumner Family Papers were given to the Library of Congress by Charlotte Sumner Pratt in 1989.
The papers of the Sumner family were arranged and described in 1995. The finding aid was revised in 2009.
The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of the Sumner family is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.).
The papers of the Sumner family are open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Manuscript Reading Room prior to visiting. Many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Sumner Family Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
The papers of the Sumner family span the years 1836-1940 and consist of the correspondence, legal documents, photographs, and reports of Edwin Vose Sumner (1797-1863) and his sons, Edwin Vose Sumner (1835-1912) and Samuel Storrow Sumner (1842-1937). Edwin Sumner I was a career military officer and with his sons served in the United States Army during the Civil War. His papers document his audience with the King of Prussia, a military expedition against the Sioux in 1855, a disagreement with General W. S. Harney, battles at Fredericksburg and Williamsburg, Virginia and Antietam, Maryland, and military maneuvers and administration in Northern Virginia. The papers of his sons also document the Battle of Fredericksburg. The papers of Edwin Sumner II contain a letter from Fort Reno in the Indian Territory describing soldier training at that post in the 1880s.
This collection is arranged alphabetically according to type of material or name of family member.
Catalog Record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm89079401