BIB_ID
296567
Accession number
MA 1305.2
Creator
Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884.
Display Date
undated.
Credit line
Acquired before 1949.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 28.6 cm
Notes
In the Edinburgh Annual Register, v. 16 (1823), p. 131, the phrase here attributed by Phillips to Andrew Fletcher is recorded with variations ("he would cheerfully lose his life to serve his country, but that he would not do a base act to save it"), and is described as "the glorious eulogium" for Fletcher.
Part of the Jacob Heaton scrapbook, which contains over 100 entries, letters, photographs, engravings and ephemera related primarily to the abolitionist movement. Items of importance have been described in 45 individual catalog records (MA 1305.1-45); see collection record for more information.
Signed "Wendell Phillips."
Part of the Jacob Heaton scrapbook, which contains over 100 entries, letters, photographs, engravings and ephemera related primarily to the abolitionist movement. Items of importance have been described in 45 individual catalog records (MA 1305.1-45); see collection record for more information.
Signed "Wendell Phillips."
Summary
Stating: "I would make any sacrifice to serve my country, but would not do a base act to save it," and attributing these words to "Fletcher of Saltoun."
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