AUTOGRAPH, "PHILLIPS BROOKS

np, nd. Card stock, oblong 5-1/4" x 2-7/8." Fine.

"During the American Civil War he upheld the cause of the North and opposed slavery, and his sermon on the death of Abraham Lincoln was an eloquent expression of the character of both men. His sermon at Harvard's commemoration of the Civil War dead in 1865 likewise attracted attention nationwide.[3] In 1869 he became rector of Trinity Church, Boston" [Wikipedia].