Charles Sumner: “Go further, and give him these additional powers, that shall enable…”

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Go further, and give him these additional powers, that shall enable him, so far as he can, to prevent the introduction of disease into the country.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner advocates for expanding the powers of the Secretary of the Treasury to prevent disease from entering the country.

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Charles Sumner: “Go further, and give him these additional powers, that shall enable him, so far as he can, to prevent the introduction…”