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Oration on Union and reconciliation from Boston 1862
Excerpt from George T. Curtis July 4 1862 Boston Academy of Music speech urges respecting states rights and federal authority and calls for reconciliation through commerce charity and religion. The piece also describes Civil War battle scenes, amputations, and a Louisville Rousseau banquet remarks urging end of slavery and continued union.
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