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Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884 to Francis Jackson

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03998.05 Author/Creator: Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884 Place Written: Lynn, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1 October 1850 Pagination: Order a Copy

Requests Jackson to sign a statement in support of women's rights and to ask Theodore Parker to do the same. Sends his admiration of Jackson's niece's sketch of Parker and promises to sit for her when he returns to Boston. Encloses a letter from McClintock recommending a lawyer; McClintock's letter is not with this piece.

Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884

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