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Auction: 316 - The Collector's Series
Lot: 1206

Anti-Slavery, Literature: Lowell, James Russell (1819-1891). American Romantic poet, critic, editor and diplomat, associated with the Fireside Poets, Harvard professor; wrote extensively against slavery in the 1840´s. Autograph Document Signed "J.R. Lowell". Bank check drawn on the Charles River National Bank, Cambridge, Mass., Oct. 28, 1876 for $57.15 payable to Thomas Sherwin Esq., Collector; all in Lowell´s hand. Two spindle punches. Fine. And Phillips, Wendell (1811-1884). American abolitionist, advocate for Native Americans, orator and lawyer. Autograph Letter Signed "Wendell Phillips". Four pages on one sheet of about 8x10, July 5, 1879, no place. Phillips apologizes to a friend for not being able to come as his wife is very ill, he later mentions "our old anti-slavery friend Rev. Samuel May now at Leicester, Mass." Accompanied by illustrations of Lowell and Phillips. [4]

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