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Charles Sumner: “The Essex had made a very successful cruise, and become a terror to British navigation.”

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The Essex had made a very successful cruise, and become a terror to British navigation.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

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Sumner highlights the successful cruise of the Essex and its impact on British shipping.

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