PHILLIPS
PHILLIPS
He was a founder and fellow of the American
Academy of Arts and Sciences, and received the
honorary degree of A.M. from Dartmouth in 1774,
and that of LL.D. from Harvard in 1793. He
was married, July 6, 1773, to Phebe, daughter of
the Hon. Francis Foxcroft of Cambridge, Mass.,
and after her husband's death she assisted in
founding Andover Tlieological seminary. Mr.
Pliillips died in Andover, Mass., Feb. 10, 1802.
PHILLIPS, Stephen Clarendon, representa- tive, was born in Salem, Mass., Nov. 4, 1801 ; son of Capt. Stephen and Dorcas (Woodbridge) Phillips ; grandson of Stephen and Elizabeth (Elkins) Phillips, and of Dudley Woodbridge of Salem, and a descendant of the Rev. George Phillips, first minister of Watertown, Mass. He was graduated at Harvard, A.B., 1819, A.M., 1832 ; studied law, but soon abandoned it, and engaged in business in Salem. He was a repre- sentative in the Massacluisetts legislature, 1824- 80 and 1832-33, a state senator in 1831, and a Whig representative from the fifth district in the 23d, 24th and 25th congresses, being elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Rufus Choate from the 23d congress in 1834, and resigning from the 25th congress in 1838. He was the second mayor of Salem, 1838-42, a Harrison presidential elector in 1841 ; was defeated as the Free-soil candidate for governor of Massachusetts in 1848 and 1849, and engaged in the lumber business in Canada, 1849-57, He was an overseer at Harvard, 1846-54, and a member of the state board of education. He was married to Jane Appleton, daughter of Willard Peele of Salem, Mass., and secondly, Sept. 3, 1838, to Margaret Mason, sister of his deceased wife. He perished in the burning of the steamer Montreal, St. Lawrence river, June 26, 1857.
PHILLIPS, Wendell, abolitionist, was born in Boston, Mass., Nov. 29, 1811 ; eighth child of John and Sally (Walley) Phillips ; grandson of William (1737-1772) and Margaret (Wendell) Phillips, and of Thomas Walley ; great-grandson of John (1701-68) and Mary (Buttolph) Phillips, and of Jacob Wendell ; greats-grandson of Samuel Phillips of Salem and of Nicholas Buttolph of Boston ; greats-grandson of the Rev. Samuel (1625-1696) and Sarah (Appleton) Phillips, and great*-grandson of the Rev. George Phillips (1593-1644), who vpith his wife and two children, left Boxted, Essex county, England, embarked on the Arhella, April 12, 1630, and arrived in Salem, Massachusetts Bay colony, June 12, 1630. Wendell Phillips attended the Boston Latin school, 1822-26, and was graduated from Harvard in 1831. While in college he was pres- ident of the Hasty Pudding club and of the Gentlemen's club, and had so little interest in reform that he defeated the first proposition to
establish a temperance society at Harvard. He
showed no taste for oratory, but was fond of
debate. He was graduated from the law depart-
ment of Harvard university in 1834, and was
admitted to practice
at the Suffolk bar.
He continued his law
studies in the office of
Thomas Hopkinson,
Lowell, Mass., and
established himself
in practice in Boston.
He took no part in
the early antislavery
movement, but upon
the imprisonment and
subsequent outrage
upon the person of
William Lloyd Gar-
rison, Oct. 21, 1835,
he cast in his lot
with, the antislavery party. He was married
in October, 1837, to Ann Terry, daughter of
Benjamin Green. She was deeply interested
in the antislavery movement, and was largely
instrumental in converting him to the cause.
On Dec. 8, 1837, at a meeting held in Faneuil
Hall for the purpose of giving expression to
the horror felt by a number of persons headed
by Dr. William Ellery Channing, at the murder
of the Rev. Elijah Lovejoy, Phillips made his
debut as an orator, in an impromptu reply to the
scurrilous utterances of Attorney-General James
T. Austin. He was one of the first to take part in
the movement for a lyceum-lecture system, and
in 1836 he delivered his first lecture. Tliis was
followed by several others, including one on " The
Lost Arts " 1838, which was probably one of the
most popular lectures ever delivered in America.
He was one of the lecturers who succeeded in
breaking down the old rule of refusing negroes
admittance to tlie lyceum lectures. He delivered
his first antislavery lecture at Lynn, Mass., and
in 1838 delivered a Fourth of July oration at
Lynn. He advocated the rights of women as
co-equal with men, and was a delegate to the
world's antislavery convention held at London,
England, June 12, 1840, where he earnestly spoke
on the eligibility of women as delegates. His
advice was out-voted, however, and the women
were excluded. He traveled in Europe, visiting
France, Italy and Great Britain, and returned
to Boston, July 12, 1841. He was foremost in
opposing the slave measures of 1841-50. The fugi-
tive-slave act was passed in October, 1850, and a
meeting was held in Faneuil Hall, Boston, for the
denunciation of the law, at which Phillips was
one of the speakers. Instant repeal of the act
was demanded and a vigilance committee of
