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Burritt, Elihu, 1810-1879

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Personal name headingBurritt, Elihu, 1810-1879
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Variant(s)Learned Blacksmith, 1810-1879
Found inHis Thoughts and things at home and abroad, 1854.
NUCMC data from Chicago Hist. Soc., Archives and Mss. Dept. (Ill.) for Eastman, Z. Papers, 1841-1885 (Elihu Burritt)
WwW in Am., hist. v., p. 87 (Burritt, Elihu; reformer; b. New Britain, Conn., Dec. 8, 1810; worked as blacksmith, Worcester, Mass., 1828-1839; published numerous periodicals; f. League of Universal Brotherhood to further cause of world peace; organized Brussels Peace Congress of 1848; U.S. consul at Birmingham, England, 1863-1870; d. New Britain, Mar. 6, 1879)