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Charles Sumner: “I hold in my hand, and now present to the Senate, one hundred and twenty-five separate remonstrances, from clergymen of…”

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I hold in my hand, and now present to the Senate, one hundred and twenty-five separate remonstrances, from clergymen of every Protestant denomination in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut, constituting the six New England States.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner reveals a collection of remonstrances from Protestant clergymen across several New England states.

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