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Charles Sumner: “The main features of this law are common to all commercial nations; they are recognized with substantial uniformity…”

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The main features of this law are common to all commercial nations; they are recognized with substantial uniformity, whether at Boston, London, or Calcutta, at Hamburg, Marseilles, or Leghorn.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner points out that the principles of Commercial Law are recognized uniformly across various nations.

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