Charles Sumner: “I would have all this massive masonry about us taken down, and the…”

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I would have all this massive masonry about us taken down, and the chamber brought to the windows.

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Massachusetts

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He proposes that the chamber should be opened to the windows for better air circulation.

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Charles Sumner: “I would have all this massive masonry about us taken down, and the chamber brought to the windows.”