Wendell Phillips papers, 1555-1882 (inclusive) 1833-1881 (bulk).

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Wendell Phillips papers, 1555-1882 (inclusive) 1833-1881 (bulk).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/612368825

The bulk of the collection is letters, 1855-1875, to Phillips concerning his work in reform movements. The letters are from many prominent Americans, as well as from less well known abolitionists, fugitive slaves, and others petitioning him for aid. Also much correspondence between Phillips and his wife, Ann Terry Greene Phillips, and many personal letters to her from friends and relatives that provide intimate details of 19th-century domestic life. Includes approximately 250 letters to the Phillipses from Phoebe Garnaut Smalley, an adopted "niece", and over 150 letters from George Washburn Smalley, foreign correspondent for the New York Tribune, many of which concern political and social life in London and Paris in the 1860s and 1870s. Compositions contain speeches by Phillips and drafts, notes, and clippings for his lectures. The collection contains correpondence, legal notebooks, and business records of John Phillips, father of Wendell and first mayor of Boston. These papers include letters and records pertaining to the Federalist Party in Massachusetts. Early papers also include genealogical material of the Phillips, Walley, Wendell, and Greene families, 17th-century sermon fragments, and 16th-century indentures. Collection also contains miscellaneous manuscripts relating to abolition and the women's movement, photographs, accounts, broadsides, and other printed material.

52 boxes (17.3 linear ft.)

Houghton Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7795313

Houghton Library

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Whaley family.

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Federal Party. Massachusetts.

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Smalley, George W. (George Washburn), 1833-1916

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Civil War correspondent; foreign correspondent for the New York Tribune. From the description of Papers of George Washburn Smalley, 1870-1897. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 49241413 American journalist. From the description of Autograph letters (2) : London, to Mr. Reid, 1877 Feb. 3-1877 Apr. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270664132 From the description of The House of Lords : [n.p.] : autograph manuscript signed of the first page of ...

Phillips family.

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Green family.

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Smalley, Phoebe Garnaut.

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Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884

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Wendell Phillips (born November 29, 1811, Boston, Massachusetts – died February 2, 1884, Boston, Massachusetts), orator and reformer, was one of the leaders of the abolitionist movement in Boston, Massachusetts, wrote frequently for William Lloyd Garrison's Liberator, and eventually became president of the American Anti-Slavery Society. He contributed much to the cause through inflammatory speeches favoring the division of the Union and opposing the acquisition of Texas and the war with Mexico. ...

Phillips, Ann Terry Greene, 1813-1886

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Phillips, John, 1770-1823

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John Phillips of Islington, England, proclaimed his son Daniel Shiloh Judah St. George Rex Phillips, born on Dec. 17, 1822, a prophet and the promised Shiloh. He collected the items in this catalog to support that theory. From the description of Catalogue of mystic books : manuscript, 1823-1826. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612821452 ...

Wendel family.

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