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Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884 to Lucretia Mott

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03998.01 Author/Creator: Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: circa 27 October 1858 Pagination: Order a Copy

Encloses a sum of money. "I need none other than the wish to help the cause to make me do so the moment it shall be in my power."

Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
American Anti-Slavery Society Member
Reform Movement
Finance
Women's History
Reconstruction

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