Charles Sumner: “The vision of our country coextensive and coincident with the North…”

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The vision of our country coextensive and coincident with the North American Continent was never beheld by Jefferson.

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Sumner asserts that Jefferson did not envision the United States expanding to encompass the entire North American continent.

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Charles Sumner: “The vision of our country coextensive and coincident with the North American Continent was never beheld by Jefferson.”