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• Brooks, Preston S.

  geb. 5. August 1819 in Edgefield (South Carolina); gest. 27. Januar 1857 in Washington

  Will the Senator from Massachusetts do this, to make his words good? "Pile up the ashes, extinguish the flames, abolish the hate - such is my desire." Summner's letter, July 29, 1872 Sumner kniet am Grab von Preston Brooks und legt Blumen nieder [New York] : [McClure], 17.08.1872