File:Charles Sumner to Fanny Appleton, 9 January 1841 (ac3680aa-4a8e-49a3-9ff2-03ce4520550d).jpg

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Manuscript letter

Archives Number: 1002/9.3-159#003

______ Seggendo in piuma
in fama non si vien, né sotto coltre,
sanza la qual chi sua vita consuma
cotal vestigo in terra di sé lascia
qual fummo in aere ed in acqua la schiuma.
E però leva sù; vinci l’ambascia
con l’animo che vince ogne battaglia
Inferno 25th Canto

These are the lines, dear Miss Appleton, which I endeavored to remember in the crowed corner of a supper room, where [smudged – ices,] oysters & salads were more at home than Dante. If they [p. 2] strike you with half the effect they did me, when I first read them, I shall not regret troubling you with this note. They have been placed, as an inscription, on the front of a building devoted to education in Italy -- I think in Parma.
Believe me faithfully Yours,
Charles Sumner
Jan 9th 1841

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English: NPGallery
Author
English: Charles Sumner (1811-1874)
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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.
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English: Organization: Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site
Address: 105 Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Email: LONG_archives@nps.gov
NPS Unit Code
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LONG
NPS Museum Catalog Number
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LONG 18671
NPS Museum Catalog Number
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LONG 17314
Recipient
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English: Fanny (Appleton) Longfellow (1817-1861)
Depicted Place
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English: Longfellow House - Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
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ac3680aa-4a8e-49a3-9ff2-03ce4520550d
Publisher
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English: U. S. National Park Service

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