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But now, since it is shown to be a forgery, a crime of the greatest character, it seems to me you ought at once to exercise your well-known energy and independence in exposing and denouncing, with equal severity, the man or men who forged, or circulated, or had anything to do with, the paper referred to.
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John Sherman
Ohio

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Sherman calls for accountability for those involved in the forgery of a significant document.

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