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Charles Sumner: “I finished the reading of your great speech in the car on my way hither, and, permit me to say, thank you for it with my…”

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I finished the reading of your great speech in the car on my way hither, and, permit me to say, thank you for it with my whole soul,--notwithstanding the qualified commendations of it that may have found their way into some of the Republican papers.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner expresses gratitude for a powerful speech he read while traveling, despite mixed reviews from some Republican papers.

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