Charles Sumner: “They ought to be in every public library, and also in the offices of…”

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They ought to be in every public library, and also in the offices of lawyers throughout the country.

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Massachusetts

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He argues that legal statutes should be available in every public library and lawyer's office across the country.

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Charles Sumner: “They ought to be in every public library, and also in the offices of lawyers throughout the country.”