Wendell Phillips papers

The bulk of the collection is letters, 1855-1875, to Phillips concerning his work in reform movements. The letters are from many prominent Americans, as well as from less well known abolitionists, self-liberated formerly enslaved people, and others petitioning him for aid. Also much correspondence between Phillips and his wife, Ann Terry Greene Phillips, and many personal letters to her from friends and relatives that provide intimate details of 19th century domestic life. Includes approximately 250 letters to the Phillipses from Phoebe Garnaut Smalley, an adopted "niece", and over 150 letters from George Washburn Smalley, foreign correspondent for the New York Tribune, many of which concern political and social life in London and Paris in the 1860s and 1870s. Compositions contain speeches by Phillips and drafts, notes, and clippings for his lectures. The collection contains correspondence, legal notebooks, and business records of John Phillips, father of Wendell and first mayor of Boston. These papers include letters and records pertaining to the Federalist Party in Massachusetts. Early papers also include genealogies of the Phillips, Walley, Wendell, and Greene families, 17th century sermon fragments, and 16th century indentures. Collection also contains miscellaneous manuscripts relating to abolition and the women's movement, photographs, accounts, broadsides, and other printed material.