Having known your father and sons for many years, having lived within a stone-throw, so to say, of your house for a number of years, and being one of the Senators of your State, I cannot hesitate to give you my testimony relative to the accusations that have, as has been told me, been brought against you in France.
Sumner expresses his long-standing relationship with a family and his willingness to testify on their behalf amidst accusations.
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