Charles Sumner: “Let any other metropolis sit like Boston in ashes, and I hope there…”

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Let any other metropolis sit like Boston in ashes, and I hope there will be no hesitation in extending to it a friendly hand.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner advocates for solidarity and support for cities in distress, using Boston as an example.

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His loyalty to the Declaration of Independence, XIX. 317.

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Early testimony of the Church against, I. 59.

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Charles Sumner: “Let any other metropolis sit like Boston in ashes, and I hope there will be no hesitation in extending to it a friendly…”