Letters to G. W. Taylor from Elihu Burritt, 1855-1857

Primarily letters of Burritt to Taylor, occasionally G.W. Taylor appends notes to Burritt's letters. The letters, highlighted below, discuss their common interest in the Free Labor Produce Association whose purpose was to grow and provide such goods as cotton, sugar, rice and coffee both in the United States and abroad using free, not slave, labor and other anti­slavery and peace concerns. Burritt presents these ideas to spread the word and to raise funds in meeting with the Anti­Slavery Society and others in England and elsewhere. He refers to Taylor's newspaper Non-Slaveholder for the spread of information. Burritt established a peace and antislavery publication, begun in 1855, Burritt's Citizen of the World, edited by Burritt and published by Taylor, and there is considerable reference in his letters to it. Upon returning to the U.S., Burritt lectured extensively on emancipation. Letters include: London, 1855 July 27. [refers to successful operation of Taylor's mill which means that he will be able to manufacture nearly all articles needed without imports from England].