Extract of a Letter from Lafayette to Gallatin (December 9, 1825)

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I. Aspects of American Philhellenism:Edward Everett, Thomas Jefferson and Adamantios Korais; Albert Gallatin and The Marquis de LafayetteE. Albert Gallatin and the Count de Lafayette: Philhellenic Aspects of a FriendshipE6. Extract of a Letter from Lafayette to...

Address of the Committee of the Greek Fund of the City of New York to their Fellow-Citizens throughout the United States (December 23, 1823)

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III. “Greek Fire” The Grass Roots Response A. Expression of Public Support for the Greek CauseA11. Address of the Committee of the Greek Fund of the City of New York to their Fellow-Citizens throughout the United StatesConnecticut Courant, December 23, 1823BELIEVING...

Henry Clay, “On the Greek Revolution”

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IV. The “Greek Question” As An Issue of U.S. Foreign PolicyB5. Henry Clay “On the Greek Revolution”(The Life and Speeches of Henry Clay, pp. 185–93)[The resolution of Mr. WEBSTER, looking to a recognition of the independence of Greece, and making an appropriation to...

Excerpts from The Journal and Letters of Samuel Gridley Howe (December 19, 1825-January 5, 1827)

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VI. Tangible Support: Philhellenes, Warriors and PhilanthropistsC3. Excerpts from The Journals and Letters of Samuel Gridley Howe.(pp. 160–63) Athens, Dec. 19th, 1825Dear William:-My last was dated in the month of September, and from the island of Candia; since which...

An Anthology of Newspaper Articles

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II.Information on the Greek Uprising Reaches America:PublicationsA. Anthology of Newspaper ArticlesConnecticut Courant, August 7, 1821: The Greeks and Turks.We cannot be persuaded that all the civilized world sympathise [sic] with the Greeks. There are associations...

Resolution Passed by the Citizens of Poughkeepsie (January 1, 1824)

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III. “Greek Fire” The Grass Roots Response A. Expression of Public Support for the Greek CauseA12. Resolution Passed by Citizens of Oughkeepsie(Robinson, pp. 127-28) January 1, 1824At a meeting of the citizens of Poughkeepsie held at the Hotel to take into...