(1811-1874) American senator and a strident abolitionist, his vitriolic attacks on slavery on the Senate floor resulted in a vicious beating by South Carolina Rep. Andrew P. Butler. Fine association A.L.S. 1p. 8vo., ‘Senate Chamber’, Jan. 22, 1874, to liberal British statesman JOHN BRIGHT. In part: ‘…Mr. Robinson has been for his life-time one of the most important writers of the New England men & very active in our politics & always against slavery. He goes abroad for the first time to regain his shattered health & to see Europe. I hope he may have an opportunity of meeting you…’. With a second signature on a small sheet. Tape reinforcements to central fold, otherwise very good. Two pieces.