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Everett, Edward (1794-1865) Speech at the Tremont Temple

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07707 Author/Creator: Everett, Edward (1794-1865) Place Written: Boston Type: Autograph manuscript Date: 1862/09/12 Pagination: 19 p. 24.9 x 20 cm Order a Copy

"The immediate cause of the present war is that your president would not sell them Fort Sumter... it is as true of Nations as of Individuals, that nothing so surely invites further agression, as to yield to unjust demands."

Everett, Edward, 1794-1865

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