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Sumner, Charles (1811-1874) Defence of Massachusetts. Speeches of Hon. Charles Sumner, on the Boston memorial for the repeal of the Fugitive Slave Bill, ...

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00267.148 Author/Creator: Sumner, Charles (1811-1874) Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Pamphlet Date: 1854 Pagination: 16 p. ; 24.5 x 16 cm. Order a Copy

Title continues, "... and in reply to Messrs. Jones of Tennessee, Butler of South Carolina, and Mason of Virginia." Delivered in the Senate of the U.S. 26 and 28 June 1854. Printed by Buell & Blanchard.

Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874

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