William Henry Burleigh

Daguerreotype of William Burleigh
Daguerreotype of William Burleigh
Name
William Henry Burleigh
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First Name
William
Additional Names
Henry
Last Name
Burleigh
Born
2 February 1812
Died
18 March 1871
Parents
Rinaldo Burleigh with captionRinaldo Burleigh
Lydia Bradford BurleighLydia Bradford Burleigh
Spouse
Celia Burleigh (ca. 1875)Celia M. Tibbits Burleigh
Sonnet to HarrietHarriet Adelia Frink Burleigh
Date Married
1. Harriet Adelia Frink - December 14, 1834
2. Celia M. Tibbits - September 7, 1865
Children
Harriet Adelia Ann Burleigh, 1836-1865
Sarah Elizabeth Burleigh, 1838-1841
Lydia (Lilly) Bradford Burleigh, 1840-1914
William Henry Burleigh, Jr., 1842-1865
Florence Hermione Burleigh, 1848-1937
Cecil Burleigh, 1850-1921
Mildred C. Burleigh, b. 1860
Civil War photo of LeMoyne BurleighFrancis Julius LeMoyne Burleigh
Profession
Author
Poet
Editor
Orator
Harbor-master
Note
Photograph comes from Clarence Winthrop Bowen, The History of Woodstock Connecticut: Vol. 1. Norwood Massachusetts: Plimpton Press, 1930. p. 177. This picture came from Agnes Burleigh Allen.
Signature of Agnes Burleigh AllenAgnes Burleigh Allen
Related Places
Site of Jerry Rescue, Syracuse, New YorkNew York - Central Upstate
Pittsburgh 1849Western Pennsylvania
New York City Hall 1830New York City
East Douglas, Massachusetts, by L.R. Burleigh, 1880sMassachusetts - Central
Frederic Edwin Church - Winter Scene in HartfordConnecticut - Western
Windham County Map 1856Connecticut - Eastern
Associated Causes
Liberty BellAbolition
Sign Against Drinking - Adobe Stock Educational LicenseTemperance
Liberty Party
Free Soil Party
Republican Party
Article from The Charter Oak about Property Rights of Married WomenWomen's Rights
No More GallowsOpposition to Death Penalty
Washington Total Abstinence Society
Windham County Anti-Slavery, May 1847Windham County Anti-Slavery Society
The Seventy Famed Abolitionist AgentsThe Seventy Agents
American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society
Connecticut Anti-Slavery Society
Plainfield Anti-Slavery Society
American Anti-Slavery Society 29th Anniversary ProgramAmerican Anti-Slavery Society
Hydrotherapy and Health Cures
Religious Affiliation
Congregational
Unitarian
alternateName
V. G. Allyn (pseudonym)
V. G. A. (pseudonym)
Item sets
Burleigh Project People
Burleigh Core Siblings
Editors
Burleigh Resources ALL
Extended Burleigh Family
Media
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Linked resources

Benjamin Lundy, by William Henry BurleighBenjamin Lundy - Poem by William H. Burleigh
Collage of Core Siblings and ParentsCollage of Core Generation and Parents
Liberty Party candidates for ConnecticutLiberty Party candidates
Original Ode by William H. Burleigh (1832)Original Ode, by William H. Burleigh
Unionist internal masthead, with both Charles and William named as editorsThe Unionist Internal Masthead with both Charles and William Burleigh
William Henry BurleighWilliam Henry Burleigh, photograph of him as an older man
Windham County Peace Society Meeting August 1832Windham County Peace Society meeting, with poetic debut of William Henry Burleigh
Advertisement for Charles C. Burleigh's Thoughts on the Death PenaltyAdvertisement for Charles Calistus Burleigh's Thoughts on the Death Penalty, published in William Burleigh's Charter Oak
Advertisement for William H. Burleigh poemsAdvertisement for William Burleigh's Poems
Almira poem, by William Henry BurleighAlmira - WHB poem
Benjamin Lundy, by William Henry BurleighBenjamin Lundy - Poem by William H. Burleigh
Internal Masthead and Commentary, December 10 1846, The Charter OakCharter Oak internal masthead December 10, 1846
Christian Freeman Masthead early in WHB editorshipChristian Freeman
Masthead from May 31 1837 issue of the Christian WitnessChristian Witness and Temperance Banner
Dedication to Lydia Bradford BurleighDedication to Lydia Bradford Burleigh, in second edition of William Henry Burleigh's Poems
Destruction of the Canterbury Female Academy
Tremont Temperance House - editorial supportEditorial Support for the Tremont Temperance House
Essays
Expostulation - poem by William Henry Burleigh, 1840Expostulation
Harriet (Sonnet)Harriet
Inscription from Charles and Gertrude to Anna Maria WhiteInscription to Anna Maria White from Charles and Gertrude
Internal MastheadInternal Masthead of The Literary Journal
The Literary Journal internal titleInternal Title of The Literary Journal
Obituary of John Oscar Burleigh by his brother WilliamJohn Oscar Burleigh Obituary
Masthead of the Literary JournalMasthead of The Literary Journal

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