Abbott, Lyman (1835-1922)

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Jane Addams et al. to William Howard Taft, December 30, 1911

Protest Against Antisemitism, ca. February 3, 1921 (excerpt)

Edwin Morrell to Jane Addams, January 4, 1911

Edward William Bok to Jane Addams, September 15, 1913

Committee on American and Japanese Relations Invitation List, April 8, 1921

Lillian D. Wald to Jane Addams, January 15, 1925

Announcement, Association pour la Sauvegarde du Droit es Gens, 1915

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1835-12-18

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1922-10-22

Birthplace

Roxbury, MA

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Lyman Abbott was a Congregational minister, editor, and author of children's books. After an early career as a lawyer, he became a minister, serving during the Civil War in Terre Haute, IN, before moving to New York to work with the American Freedmen's Union Commission which offered aid to African-American freedmen and displaced war refugees. Abbott moved to Cornwall, NY in 1869 to pursue writing full-time, editing the Christian Union and other journals, and writing a column on current affairs called "The Outlook." He renamed the Union, The Outlook and saw its subscriptions increase dramatically. In 1888, Abbott replaced the retiring Henry War Beecher as pastor of the Plymouth Congregational Church in Brooklyn, NY. From the pulpit Abbott became a well-known public figure, an advisor to President Theodore Roosevelt, and an advocate for Protestant Progressivism. Abbott's influence declined somewhat during the 1912 presidential election, when he threw his support to Roosevelt, and after the outbreak of World War I.