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I was at once charged in the newspaper and even by personal letters, with all sorts of misdemeanors, of which I was not guilty, but which I felt it a humiliation to reply to or even to notice.
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gutenberg.orgJohn Sherman: “I was at once charged in the newspaper and even by personal letters, with all sorts of misdemeanors, of which I was not…”
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Sherman expresses his frustration over false accusations made against him during his political career.
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