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Charles Sumner: “Please accept my thanks for your noble speech of the 5th and 6th of February, which I have read and re-read with great…”

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Please accept my thanks for your noble speech of the 5th and 6th of February, which I have read and re-read with great attention and deep gratitude and admiration.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

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Sumner expresses deep appreciation for a colleague's impactful speech on suffrage.

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