Elihu Burritt
1810–79
American social reformer, writer, and linguist. Published Christian Citizen, 1846–51. Founded the League of Universal Brotherhood, a pacifist group, after his arrival in England in 1846; organised a series of peace conventions in Europe, 1848–51. Campaigned in England and America for low overseas postage rates. Appointed US consular agent at Birmingham, 1865. Returned to America in 1869.
Source
ANB.
Bibliography
ANB: American national biography. Edited by John A. Garraty and Mark C. Carnes. 24 vols. and supplement. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press. 1999–2002.
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