Charles Sumner: “Such gigantic purchases, made at one time, or in the space of a few…”

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Such gigantic purchases, made at one time, or in the space of a few days, could have but one destination.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner asserts that large, rapid purchases of arms can only have one intended recipient.

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Charles Sumner: “Such gigantic purchases, made at one time, or in the space of a few days, could have but one destination.”