Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Phillips” in chapter 2, page 10 of Historic leaves, volume 6, April, 1907 - January, 1908:
...a typical old New England family.
Mr. Bennett came here from Vermont about 1835.
He was a strong abolitionist when abolition was not a passport to popularity; he was a friend of Wilson, Garrison, Phillips , and Sumner.
At an anti-slavery meeting held
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