The pettiness of this loss is still more apparent, when it is considered that the transactions of the respondents with the Government reached the sum of more than twelve hundred thousand dollars, having such infinite details that they covered twelve hundred and five pages of sales.
Sumner emphasizes the insignificance of the loss compared to the overall transactions with the government.
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