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Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874 [Senate resolution submitted by Charles Sumner]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02095.22 Author/Creator: Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Printed document Date: 18 June 1862 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 22.5 cm, Width: 14.5 cm Order a Copy

Appeals to the people to manifest their loyalty by ceasing to fight or work for the rebels, and putting their resources into supporting the Union. States that the government will reciprocate. Writes, "...it is the further duty of the government of the United States to maintain all such loyal people, without distinction of color or class, in their rights as men, according to the principles of the Declaration of Independence." Marked 37th Congress, 2d Session, Mis. Doc. No. 104.

Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874

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