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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC07483.18 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1853 |
| Title | Gerrit Smith to Lewis Hayden regarding Wendell Phillips |
| Date | 30 May 1853 |
| Author | Smith, Gerrit (1797-1874) |
| Recipient | Hayden, Lewis |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | He has been so busy getting his affairs in order to leave for Washington that he hasn't had time to reply to Hayden. Writes that Wendell Phillips properly named McLean when he called him the "Western Miscreant." Possibly referring to John McLean, an American jurist and politician who served in Congress, as U.S. Postmaster General, and as a justice on the Ohio and U.S. Supreme Courts. Wendell Phillips was an American abolitionist, Native American advocate, and orator. |
| Subjects | Reform Movement Children and Family Debt Law Finance |
| People | Smith, Gerrit (1797-1874) Hayden, Lewis (1815-1889) Phillips, Wendell (1811-1884) |
| Place written | Petersboro, New York |
| Theme | Children & Family; Law |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Additional Information | Smith was a United States reformer, abolitionist, politician, and philanthropist. Hayden was a black author, a Boston publisher and a Freemason. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |