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Sarah J. Purcell

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  • Lithograph of African Americans in prayer as Liberty lays a wreath on Charles Sumner’s casket. By Matt Morgan, from Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, 1874.

    Reconciliation Process

    When Charles Sumner died in 1874, a bill he had sponsored two years earlier threatened to overshadow his legacy.
    by Sarah J. Purcell via Lapham’s Quarterly on April 13, 2022
  • Henry Clay's body in his death bed, surrounded by mourners.

    All That Remains of Henry Clay

    Political funerals and the tour of Henry Clay's corpse.
    by Sarah J. Purcell via Commonplace on April 2, 2012
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