BURRITT, ELIHU

1810–79, American reformer, b. New Britain, Conn. A blacksmith, he studied mathematics, languages, and geography and became known as "the learned blacksmith." Profoundly idealistic, he supported many reform causes—antislavery, temperance, and self-education—and he pleaded for them when he edited (1844–51) the weekly Christian Citizen at Worcester, Mass. Most of all, however, he worked to promote world peace, organizing world peace congresses. Burritt argued for cheaper international postal rates and greater intellectual exchange among nations. Among his much-read books were Sparks from the Anvil (1846) and Ten Minute Talks (1873).

See M. Curti, ed., The Learned Blacksmith (his letters and journals, 1937, repr. 1973); biography by P. Tolis (1968).

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books on: Burritt Elihu  - 169 results

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The Learned Blacksmith: The Letters and Journals of Elihu Burritt
Book by Merle Eugene Curti, Dwight W. Morrow; Wilson-Erickson, Incorporated, 1937
Subjects: Burritt, Elihu--1810-1879
...3 See Charles Northend, Life and Labors of Elihu Burritt, A Memorial Volume N. Y., 1879 , pp. 225-234...description of the effects of the famine. See also Elihu Burritt, A Journal of a Visit of Three Days to Skibbereen London...
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American Literature in Nineteenth-Century England
Book by Clarence Gohdes; Columbia University Press, 1944
Subjects: American Literature--19th Century--History And Criticism, American Literature--History And Criticism--Bibliography, Book Industries And Trade--Great Britain, English Periodicals, Literature, Comparative--American And English, Literature, Comparative--English And American
...at Home," Idler , IX June, 1896 , 644-648. Burritt, Elihu. "Elihu Burritt, the Learned Blacksmith," London Journal , III Aug. 8, 1846 , 358. "Elihu Burritt," Hoggs Weekly Instructor , V May 1, 1847...
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Biographical Dictionary of Modern American Educators
Book by Frederik Ohles, Shirley M. Ohles, John G. Ramsay; Greenwood Press, 1997
Subjects: Educators--United States--Biography--Dictionaries
...1947 , pp. 751, 771. BURRITT, Elihu. b. December 8, 1810, New Britain, Connecticut, to Elihu and Elizabeth Hinsdale Burritt. Married: no. d. March...The learned blacksmith," Elihu Burritt was an early and striking...
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Germans and Indians: Fantasies, Encounters, Projections
Book by Colin G. Calloway, Gerd Gemünden, Susanne Zantop; University of Nebraska Press, 2002
Subjects: Exoticism In Literature, Frontier And Pioneer Life--West (U.S.)--Public Opinion--History, German Americans--West (U.S.)--History, German Literature--19th Century--History And Criticism, German Literature--20th Century--History And Criticism, Indians Of North America, West (U.S.)--Foreign Public Opinion, German
...Ohitika Woman. New York: Grove Press, 1993. Burritt, Elihu. Elihu Burritt: A Memorial Volume Containing a Sketch of his...Learned Blacksmith: The Letters and Journals of Elihu Burritt. Edited by Merle Curti. New York: Wilson-Erickson...
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The American Peace Crusade, 1815-1860
Book by Merle Eugene Curti; Duke University Press, 1929
Burritt, Elihu, Lectures and Speeches . London, 1869. , Thoughts of Things at Home and Abroad . Boston, 1854. , The Works of Elihu Burritt . London. No date. , Year Book of the Nations . New York, 1856. A...
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journal articles on: Burritt Elihu  - 4 results

 
 
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Fiction as a Springboard to U.S. History Research Projects
Journal article by Frances A. Nadeau; Social Studies, Vol. 85, 1994
Subjects: History--Study And Teaching, Social Sciences--Study And Teaching
...beliefs of their society, and through the characters FRANCES A. NADEAU serves as the curriculum lab librarian in the Elihu Burritt Library at the Central Connecticut State University, New Britain. reactions to historical events, the authors demonstrate...
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Theory's Failure: Malthusian Population Theory and the Projected Demise of Slavery
Journal article by James L. Huston; Civil War History, Vol. 55, 2009
Subjects: Abolition of slavery--Economic aspects, Abolition of slavery--History, Abolition of slavery--Political aspects, Economic conditions--Demographic aspects, Economic conditions--Forecasts and trends, Food supply--Forecasts and trends, Food supply--Social aspects, Malthusianism--Analysis, Popular sovereignty--Analysis, Popular sovereignty--History, Population growth--Economic aspects, Population growth--Political aspects, Population--Economic aspects, Population--Growth, Population--Political aspects, Race relations--Economic aspects, Race relations--Political aspects, Slavery--Economic aspects, Slavery--Emancipation, Slavery--History, Slavery--Political aspects
...Press, 1990), 1:302-3; Pottsville (Pa.) Miners Journal, Nov. 17, 1855. (59.) Some examples would be Elihu Burritt in Littells Living Age 53 (June 1857): 753-54; Henry Cowles to Elizur Wright, Jan. 19,1833, Elizur Wright...
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North American Imprints before 1877 at the American Antiquarian Society
Journal article by Vincent Golden; Journalism History, Vol. 30, 2004
Subjects: American Antiquarian Society, American history, Library collections, Newspapers, Research centers
...newspaper covering 183036. Literary Geminae (Worcester, Massachusetts). A French and English literary periodical by Elihu Burritt (1810-79), and one account book that includes a list of subscribers for 1839. Cushing, John Dean, 1795-1866...
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"Ten Thousand Tongues" Speaking for Peace: Purposes and Strategies of the Nineteenth-century Peace Advocacy Press
Journal article by Nancy L. Roberts; Journalism History, Vol. 21, 1995
Subjects: Activism, History, Magazines, Organizations, Peace
...latter was variously a monthly, a bimonthly, and a quarterly, whose editors included the Rev. George Beckwith and Elihu Burritt. (During Burritts 1846 editorship, the periodical was renamed the Advocate of Peace and Universal Brotherhood...


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U-content
Magazine article by Nicholas Tomaiuolo; Searcher, Vol. 17, April 2009
Subjects: Encyclopedias, Internet resources, Libraries
...work at a library named after Elihu Burritt, the "Learned Blacksmith" of...covering Burritt; there is an Elihu Burritt Archive in the Special Collections...to several articles including Elihu Burritt, VS. Naipaul, PaulTheroux...
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Commerce and Christianity: The Great Exhibition of 1851 Was Not Only a Celebration of Victorian Britain's Scientific and Economic Pre-Eminence but Also a Hymn to the Religion That Underpinned It
Magazine article by Geoffrey Cantor; History Today, Vol. 60, July 2010
Subjects: Commerce--Trade shows, Great Exhibition of 1851--Analysis
...Likewise, in his address, the prominent American pacifist Elihu Burritt noted that the lines of the Great Exhibition, and the...and it is marvellous in our eyes. For Brewster, Burritt and many other delegates, the congress and the exhibition...
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"Aska" Do's, Don'ts, and How-to's: Lessons Learned in a Library
Magazine article by Nicholas G. Tomaiuolo, Joan G. Packer; Searcher, Vol. 8, March 2000
Subjects: Libraries, Online information services, Searches, United States, Web sites
...primary clientele, as we do on our Aska page at the Elihu Burritt Library, Web users are not particularly shy about submitting...answer questions coming from those accounts. At the Burritt Library, we decided not to take this latter approach...
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Correspondence
Magazine article; Searcher, Vol. 8, October 2000
...others. I realize FactCity will be at IWon.com on July 17th; I look forward to seeing it. Nicholas G. Tomaiuolo Elihu Burritt Library Central Connecticut State University E-Books March Onward EDITORS COMMENT: For more on e-book developments...
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Contacts
Magazine article; Searcher, Vol. 19, October 2011
...Internet: troy@tlainvestments.com URL: www.tlainvestments.com Nicholas G. Tomaiuolo Reference Department Elihu Burritt Library Central Connecticut State University 1615 Stanley St. New Britain, CT 06050 (860) 8322068 (860) 8323409...
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And So It Came to Pass. Chris Upton Discovers How the Black Country Got Its Name
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), June 23, 2011
...invention of the term attributed to one Elihu Burritt, the Americal Consul in Victorian Birmingham. In 1868 Burritt published a book entitled Walks in the...industrial zenith. In fact, however, Burritt was by no means the first to use the...
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Rambling: A Clear View of the Best the City Has to Offer
Newspaper article by Richard Shurey; The Birmingham Post (England), January 22, 2000
...peace and solitude. In the middle of the 19th century, Elihu Burritt took up his position as the American Vice-Consul in...around the Old Rose and Crown Inn - an inn so admired by Burritt that he wrote of his joy in spending his first night...
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Pitting Their Wits; Chris Upton Recounts Some Tales from the Black Country's Days as a Coal Mining Area HISTORY
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), March 27, 2009
Subjects: Coal industry, Coal mining, Mineral industry, Mining industry, Rocks, Sedimentary, Sedimentary rocks
...much, since there was precious little of that above the ground either. "Black by day and red by night," was how Elihu Burritt described the area. Not that the Black Country coal miners were necessarily cut off from all light and air. The term...
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A Man of Many Letters; Victorian Edward Capern Was a Humble Postman Who Captivated the Nation with His Appealing Verse, Writes Chris Upton
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), July 7, 2011
...of Bournville), and then in High Street, Harborne. Here Edward renewed his acquaintance with another Harbonian, Elihu Burritt, the American consul in Birmingham. They were both self-made men, and shared a love of walking. A second edition...
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Taking the Black Country's Blighted Crown
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), April 19, 2006
...passed between Birmingham and Wolverhampton. Ever since the Black Country was officially declared black, probably by Elihu Burritt, this stretch of industrial apocalypse has seemed to epitomise the Industrial Revolution and all it stood for. Not...
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encyclopedia articles on: Burritt Elihu  - 4 results

 
 
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Burritt, Elihu
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
BURRITT, ELIHU 1810 79, American reformer, b. New Britain, Conn. A blacksmith...he worked to promote world peace, organizing world peace congresses. Burritt argued for cheaper international postal rates and greater intellectual...
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Pacifism
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...and the peace movement in the United States became connected with other causes under the leadership of such men as Elihu Burritt and William Lloyd Garrison . However, Garrison later abandoned his pacifism and advocated war to end slavery. The...
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New Britain , City, United States
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...hall (1884), a park designed by Frederick Law Olmsted in the center of the city, and a museum of American art. Elihu Burritt was born in New Britain. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with...
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Ladd, William
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...both a congress of nations and an international court of arbitration. In popularizing this plan Ladd had the help of Elihu Burritt . See M. E. Curti, The American Peace Crusade, 1850 1860 (1929); study by G. Schwarzenberger (1935...


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