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Charles Sumner: Such a rate will be so near to free postage for all, that it may be considered such practically.

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Such a rate will be so near to free postage for all, that it may be considered such practically.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

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Sumner suggests that a low postal rate would effectively provide free postage for all.

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