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Greek Fever

American Philhellenes and the Birth of International Humanitarianism

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The Pen is Mightier than the Sword

Edward Everett

Greek Fever

From Boston, New York, and Philadelphia

Too Much of a Greek

The American Philhellene George Jarvis

Samuel Gridley Howe in Greece

Americans in Foustanellas

Through the Eyes of Sailors on the USS Constitution

Starving Greeks

American Ships Bringing Food

Washingtonia

An American Refugee Camp in Revolutionary Greece

Greek Refugee Children to the U.S.

From Orphans to American Elites

The Greek Frigate Affair

“A Lamentable Abuse”