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Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
Sumpter
Britannica 11thSUMPTER, a pack-horse or mule, a beast for carrying burdens, particularly for military purposes. There were two words once in use, which in sense, if not in form, have coalesced. These are " sommer " or " summer " and " sumpter." The first comes through the Ol ...
Vol. 26, pp. 83-83
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Sumter
Britannica 11thSUMTER, a city and the county-seat of Sumter county, South Carolina, U.S.A., 42 m. by rail E. by S. of Columbia. Pop. (1900) 5673 (3160 negroes); (1910) 8109. Sumter is served by several divisions of the Atlantic Coast line and by the Southern railways. It is
Vol. 26, pp. 85-85
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Sumner
Britannica 11thSUMNER, CHARLES (1811-1874), American statesman, was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on the 6th of January 1811. He graduated in 1830 at Harvard College, and in 1834 graduated at the Harvard Law School. Here, in closest intimacy with Joseph Story, he became an
Vol. 26, pp. 81-81
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