Charles Sumner: “All this stealthy fleet, charged with hostility to the United States…”

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All this stealthy fleet, charged with hostility to the United States, was a part of the great offence.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner describes a fleet that was hostile to the United States as part of a larger offense.

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Charles Sumner: “All this stealthy fleet, charged with hostility to the United States, was a part of the great offence.”