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Phillips, Wendell (1811-1884) to Adam G. De Gurowski

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07483.11 Author/Creator: Phillips, Wendell (1811-1884) Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 13 March 1864 Pagination: 4 p. ; 20.3 x 25 cm. Order a Copy

Apologizes for not acknowledging Count Gurowski's correspondence sooner. Mentions the Count's diary, which was published as a pamphlet and states he would love to see public opinion run in the same channels. States, "I am hard at work in the trenches..." as his reason for not responding.

Wendell Phillips was an American abolitionist, Native American advocate, and orator. Count Gurowski was a descendent of a noble Polish family who was persecuted in his own country for his liberal ideas. He was a leader of the 1830 revolutionary movement that ousted the Russians from Poland. In 1849 he came to the United States and began to advocate for the abolition of slavery.

Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884
De Gurowski, Adam G., count, 1805-1866

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