Letter, 1855 February 16 [electronic resource] : Newport, Monmouthshire, to "My Dear Friend" [George W. Taylor] / Elihu Burritt.

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Letter, 1855 February 16 [electronic resource] : Newport, Monmouthshire, to "My Dear Friend" [George W. Taylor] / Elihu Burritt.

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Letter from Elihu Burritt to George Washington Taylor, regarding his anti-war and anti-slavery paper (The Citizen) and the Free Produce Movement. In particular, Burritt refers to a farmer he sent to the United States to start a free labor cotton farm in the South (Charles Dowman). He also states he is not a Unitarian, but a member of an Orthodox church.

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Burritt, Elihu, 1810-1879

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American reformer and linguist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Birmingham, to [Freeman H. Morse], 1869 May 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270131472 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Springfield, Massachusetts, to Freeman H. Morse, 1854 Jan. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270131738 From the description of Autograph letter signed : New Britain, Connecticut, to the Rev. W.H. Ward, 1873 Jan. 04. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 2...

Philadelphia Free Produce Association of Friends

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Taylor, George W., 1803-1891

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G.W. Taylor was the son of Jacob Taylor and Elizabeth Richards Taylor. A convinced Friend, Taylor was early a member of New Garden, (Pa.) Monthly Meeting. He was a pupil of the Quaker educator Enoch Lewis. Taylor m. (1) Elizabeth Sykes in 1831; m. (2) Ruth Leeds in 1864; m. (3) Elizabeth Burton in 1885. Active in the Free Produce Movement, particularly between 1847 and 1867, Taylor was responsible for finding supplies of free labor products, for running a free produce store in Phila. (1847-67), ...