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Charles Sumner: “Every dollar, as it leaves the National Treasury, must be able to exhibit its passport.”

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Every dollar, as it leaves the National Treasury, must be able to exhibit its passport.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner insists that every dollar spent from the National Treasury must be justified and accounted for.

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