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Charles Sumner: “The absence of harbors belonging to the United States on the Pacific limits the outlets of the country.”

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The absence of harbors belonging to the United States on the Pacific limits the outlets of the country.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner points out the limitations of U.S. harbors on the Pacific coast.

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