Papers, 1850-1853 and n.d.

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Papers, 1850-1853 and n.d.

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Chiefly correspondence concerning a Boston, Mass. abolitionist newspaper, "The Commonwealth." Includes letters from editors, subscribers, and contributors. Correspondents are: George W. Julian (Radical Republican), Rev. Frederick Frothingham (abolitionist), Francis Henry Underwood, James K. Birney, George S. Raymond (editor of "Northern Lights"), and John D. Defrees (editor of the Indiana State Journal"). Topics cover slavery, politics of the 1850s, Daniel Webster, Theodore Parker and his sermon on Webster, and Horace Mann's speech in Worcester, Mass. Also includes two undated essays: one on Webster and the Buffalo Platform, and one on the Republican form of government.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852

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Daniel Webster (January 18, 1782 – October 24, 1852) was an American lawyer and statesman who represented New Hampshire and Massachusetts in the U.S. Congress and served as the U.S. Secretary of State under Presidents William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, and Millard Fillmore. As one of the most prominent American lawyers of the 19th century, he argued over 200 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court between 1814 and his death in 1852. During his life, he was a member of the Federalist Party, the Nati...

Frothingham, Frederick, 1825-1891

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Julian, George Washington, 1817-1899

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American abolitionist and politician. From the description of Autograph entry signed : Salem, Ohio, 1861 Aug. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 639931630 American abolitionist leader and author. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Washington, to W.W. Belknap, 1871 Apr. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270491421 ...

Parker, Theodore, 1810-1860.

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Unitarian minister and reformer. From the description of Letter, 1850 Nov. 5, Boston, to Charles Mason. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 170925855 Rev. Theodore Parker (1810-1860), Unitarian minister, social reformer, and publicist, was born in Lexington, Mass., a grandson of Captain John Parker (1729-1775) of Revolutionary fame. Parker graduated from Harvard Divinity School in 1836, became minister of West Roxbury, and proceeded to develop his theological and social ...

Defrees, John D. (John Dougherty), 1810 or 1811-1882

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Lyman, Joseph B. (Joseph Bardwell), 1829-1872

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Publisher and founder of abolitionist newspaper. From the description of Papers, 1850-1853 and n.d. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 33203515 ...

Mann, Horace, 1796-1859

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Horace Mann was an educator and a statesman who greatly advanced the cause of universal, free, non-sectarian public schools. Mann also advocated temperance, abolition, hospitals for the mentally ill, and women's rights. From the description of Horace Mann Letter, 1858. (University of the Pacific). WorldCat record id: 213372958 Horace Mann, "Father of our Public Schools," was born in Franklin, Massachusetts on May 4, 1796. His family was poor and his father di...

Raymond, George S.

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Underwood, Francis Henry, 1825-1894

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Francis Underwood was U.S. consul at Glasgow between 1886 and 1888. From the description of Letter, 1889 June 19, Glasgow, Scotland to Martha Howe. (Hartford Public Library). WorldCat record id: 19416441 Author and editor. From the description of Papers of Francis Henry Underwood [manuscript], 1859?-1874? (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647813203 ...

Birney, James, 1817-1888.

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