Charles Sumner: “Take Spaniards; take Swedes; take Danes: I know not why their books…”

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Take Spaniards; take Swedes; take Danes: I know not why their books should be taxed, when they come to them from across the sea.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner questions the rationale behind taxing books imported by various European nationalities.

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Charles Sumner: “Take Spaniards; take Swedes; take Danes: I know not why their books should be taxed, when they come to them from across…”