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Title: John V. DeGrasse
Speaker or author: DeGrasse, John V., 1817-ca.1866
Newspaper or publication: Liberator
Overview of brief acceptance speech delivered after the speaker was presented with a portrait of John T. Hilton.
Description of file(s): PDF 1 page, 262 word document (text and image)
Title: Robert Morris
Speaker or author: Morris, Robert, 1823-1882
Newspaper or publication: Liberator
Speech given after presentation of a portrait of John T. Hilton was given to the Masonic Lodge. The speaker stressed that while this was "...our first effort to transmit to posterity a portrait of any of our public men...", he regretted that portraits of other African American heroes had not been included in this effort.
Description of file(s): PDF 4 page, 1,095 word document (text and images)