As testimony to the meaning of the bonds, it is important; but considering that all these persons represented the National Treasury, and that they were the agents of the Nation for the sale of these very bonds, their representations are more than testimony.
Sumner emphasizes the significance of the representations made by Treasury officials regarding the bonds' meaning.
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