- GLC#
- GLC04717.18-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 25 May 1852
- Author/Creator
- Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874
- Title
- to Frederick Douglass
- Place Written
- Peterboro, New York
- Pagination
- 4 p. : Height: 24.7 cm, Width: 20.2 cm
- Primary time period
- National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
- Sub-Era
- Age of Jackson
Smith offers his opinions on Lajos Kossuth, the Hungarian revolutionary hero. Writes, "I have not seen Kossuth:- but I have read his Speeches. The impression they have made upon me is, that he is not only transcendently eloquent- especially when his country, his deeply wronged country, is his theme- but that he is a man of extraordinary judgment, discernment, skill, tact: and that he is, moreover, eminently unselfish..." Praises the growth of good principles that result from revolution. Includes a handwritten correction on page three.
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