Charles Sumner: “I find nothing in it but a simple measure in harmony with this great…”

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I find nothing in it but a simple measure in harmony with this great process of Financial Reconstruction in which we are now engaged.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner describes his perspective on the financial measures being implemented during a period of reconstruction.

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Charles Sumner: “I find nothing in it but a simple measure in harmony with this great process of Financial Reconstruction in which we are…”