The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . 300 THE NATIONAL CYCLOPEDIA. C?X <*^; -^-^L.^^ SXIMNEB, Charles, U. S. senator, was bom inBoston, Jan. 6, 1811. His ancestor, William Sum-ner, settled at Dorchester, Ma
The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . 300 THE NATIONAL CYCLOPEDIA. C?X <*^; -^-^L.^^ SXIMNEB, Charles, U. S. senator, was bom inBoston, Jan. 6, 1811. His ancestor, William Sum-ner, settled at Dorchester, Mass., in 1635. He waseducated at the Boston Latin school, and at Harvard,graduating from the college in 1830, and from thelaw school in 1833. The next year he was admittedto the bar, and formed a partnership with 6. , but his chief laurels were to be won in otherfields. From December,1837, to May, 1840, he wasin France, England, Italy,and Germany, continuinghis studies, and meetingalmost every person ofnote. Independent in for-tune as in mind, he gavehis attention to large sub-jects, and made no hasteto be famous. His editionof Veseys Equity Re-ports, begun in 1844, wasinterrupted by illness, buthis work includes vols. 1to 4, 6, and 13 to 30. Hisfirst public appearance ofnote, and the real com-mencement of his publiclife, was as city oratorof Boston, July 4, 1845;this address on TheTnieGrandeur of Nations,caused a sensation by d
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