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But this tax will be positively oppressive to coal-purchasers in New England, to say nothing of New York.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “But this tax will be positively oppressive to coal-purchasers in New England, to say nothing of New York.”
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Sumner warns that a proposed tax on coal will unfairly burden coal purchasers in New England and New York.
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