Manuscript/Mixed Material Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1873
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Image 1 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1873 10 Cushing st Prov RI Jany 12 1873 My dear friend Your favors from Washington as from Troy have both reached me Thanks for both You are not expecting to meet me at Hannibal tho you are at this time in that vicinity It would have been a real pleasure to have gone with you again over that pleasant spot which embodied so much…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1873
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Image 2 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1873 shared between an old friend to us all or myself till yesterday I gone out and came nearer being sick than for a long time but I am better to day I hope you will not find your trip too much for you and will not fail to keep me posted of your whereabouts and what is more have a profitable successful time â…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1873
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Image 3 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1873 ROOM 125âNATIONAL HOTEL Washington Jan 1373 DEAR FRIEND DOUGLASSâ I hope to see you here personallyâbut more than allâI want you to speak your strong word for the power majesty of the Old Charter of Rights to protect all citizens under the government in their right to voteâyou with your old
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1873
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Image 4 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1873 Liberty Party Construction of the US Constitution must be in harmony with us that it guarantees a Republican form of Govât in each stateâ not a Repub form must be passed on the freedom franchise of every class of US Citizensâ Sincerely yours SUSAN B ANTHONY
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1873
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Image 5 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1873 Washington DC Janây 16th 1873 Dear Father I have delayed writing until now simply for something of interest to write about Fred informed you of the new arrival and I can add that both Libbie and the baby are doing finely They are progressing rapidly with the building on the corner and by the last of next week I expect the roof will be…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1873
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Image 6 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1873 time I intend to make the profits build me on the two remaining building sites on the corner two buildings like the one now going up the difference being that they shall be entirely brick I have agreed to take my share in brick for one year With my health keeping good in a very few years I expect to make myself independent of…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1873
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Image 7 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1873 you are in seeming good health you should stop If anything less laborious should turn up for you the case might be different I firmly believe by the signs of the times and the recognition you are receiving from such prominent administration men as Secy Fish that something worth your while to accept is in store for you Your course since election is being…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1873
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Image 8 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1873 United States Consulate Kanagawa Yokohama Japan Jan 20th 1873 Hon Frederick Douglas My dear sir The only introduction I can bring to you is my name and I am sure that with it such a flood of recollections will rush back upon you as will render an excuse for addressing you unnecessary Whether or not you remember me as a child I do not…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1873
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Image 9 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1873 from childhood to my present age of 31 but suffice it to say that with school college the army and a a short political life I find myself a Consul at this post For 8 months during Mr De Longs absence with the canvassing in America I was Acting Minister or Charge daffaires and as such officer my name has been more or less…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1873
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Image 10 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1873 to Japan but if they should have extended to Washington I pray you in the name of humanity freedom for the friendship you bore my father to see me righted I am an applicant for the position of Consul General for Japan which office is contemplated by an Act now before Congress Mr Mangum our Consul at Nagasaki has gone to Washington for the…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1873
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Image 11 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1873 2 not be made his subordinate Such a thing would disgrace me in the eyes of the Japanese ruin my usefulness as an officer Please make the fullest enquiries regarding me before acting Mr Douglass after satisfying yourself as to my worthiness if you can find it consonant with duty to assist me I shall thank you from the bottom of my heart and…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1873
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Image 12 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1873 Washington CD ja 311873 My dear father We are very sorry to here that sister Rose is so sick Mother got a letter from Brother Nathan yesterday saying that she was very sick but he will not say what was the matter Mother was very unease untell I got your letter to day We were glad to here that you have left Omaha for…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1873
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Image 13 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1873 now finish we have been visiting the Capitle and the house this week The weather has been very cool here Mother and Miss pierce sends love to you We had little Gretta one night with us your daughter Lou Douglass
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1873
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Image 14 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1873 Beechwood Rochdale Lancashire Feby 3 73 My dear friend Your most welcome letter would have been sooner acknowledged had I not been prevented from writing during the past three months by a painful affliction of the eyes I am now better thank God And I may write a little here and there Have many things I want to say to you 2129
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1873
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Image 15 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1873 But I believe you understand much that I would tell you without my expressing it You can imagine dear Friend how I rejoice in everything which brings you joy And how deeply I sympathize with you in your troubles after all words are poor means of conveying to those we love What we feel for them And the best of these words we are…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1873
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Image 16 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1873 your losses a hundred fold My dear friend How much alike are our destinies in many respects You would think so could I tell you my history Dear Rosetta I often very often think of her I pray God to help her in her most trying circumstances I know just now of four young English ladies just in the same plight How true is…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1873
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Image 17 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1873 I may truly say that I never regret having refused the many homes that have been offered me My friends have thought me very foolish but I know I should now be a slave and I prefer my present isolation with the dear hope of enjoying throughout eternity the society and communion of the one spirit I have truly loved on Earth When at…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1873
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Image 18 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1873 Come over to England he would feel himself greatly honored if you will do him the pleasure of paying him a long visit I was to go to the dear Carpenters from Bournemouth but I had to give up the longed for visit on account of my eyes It was a great disappointment Mrs Carpenter tells me she has written to urge you to…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1873
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Image 19 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1873 Only think what a welcome awaits you It seems always impossible that my long deferred very nearly dead hope of seeing you once more can at last be realized Yet I must and I will hope on Oh what joy it would be Do try to come I wonder if you would know me again I saw a lady some weeks ago whom I…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1873
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Image 20 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1873 in the least altered but I did change very much indeed after you left England during the first year or two Those were sorrowful years And I do not think you would recognize me except I trust by my unaltered affection You will find the Anti Slavery spirit reviving in England Meetings are again held throughout the country Sir Bartle Frere is at Zanzibar…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1873
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Image 21 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1873 of the bad man and tyrant just because he had worn a crown When the noble Mazzini died all his faults were carefully recapitulated in the English papers hardly any of his great virtues and patriotic actions Such is the justice of man I saw Mrs Rawson on my way back here She secludes herself more than ever at Wincobank The one cheerful sociable…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1873
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Image 22 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1873 4 fortress But I will break down the barricades when I can and see her because I think it does her good She still works for Italy from her seclusion I am so glad about the Bust for Rochester Oh why do they not rebuild your house also Dear friend you deserve all good that can be thought of from your fellow creatures Nothing…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1873
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Image 23 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1873 you have done for humanity and how miserably you are rewarded But the crown the heavenly reward in Heaven Oh how glorious it will be May God bless comfort protect and prosper you Ever yours most affectionately and devotedly My beloved Friend Rosine AmÃDraz When you have one to spare I should so like a full length photograph of you
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1873
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Image 24 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1873 One of my young pupils Florence Kemp had copied the enclosed sketch of dear old Clarkson from an original one of Haydens I thought you would like it as you may not have one Feb 3 1873
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1873
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Image 25 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1873 home that home to which so many associations bound you Endeared to you by many reminiscences pleasant as well as painful I know how you feel all this dear friend And more than all the rest the severance from that consecrated little Mound on Mount Hope May God help you to bear it I have been so long accustomed to think of you as…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1873
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Image 26 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1873 also had lost their home I wonder why we are called to suffer such things It is said that trials are necessary to wean us from this world Would not happiness here make us more willing to go to the Heavenly Fathers home It is so difficult to see his wise in some of his dealings yet it must be so has every thing…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1873
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Image 27 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1873 955 N 6th St Phila March 3d 1873 Hon Frederick Douglass My Dear friend In my last I gave you to understand that there would appear in the Recorder of this week a more extended argument on the questions of Race action The manuscript was handed to the editor who promised me that it would appear this week Have seen him seen him since…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1873
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Image 28 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1873 the way to your northern home where you are always welcome without motive I C W
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1873
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Image 29 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1873 Denver March 12 1873 FredK Douglass Esq My dear old friend I should think after so many years of confinement to the Eastern States and occasional visits to the Great West as far as a little West of the Missouri river that you would now be pleased to cross the Continent on the Great National High way and rest the soles of your feet…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1873
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Image 30 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1873 It is hoped that you will come at your earliest opportunity And the best route for you to come with the very least likelihood of delays will be by the Kansas Pacific RR And My brother inlaw B L Ford the very notable and widely known Hotel Proprietor who keeps the Fords House Hotel authorizes me to tender you the hospitality of his house…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1873
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Image 31 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1873 TURNBULL BROTHERS Successors to JAMES S WATERS Importers Booksellers Publishers and Stationers 8 NORTH CHARLES ST Baltimore Mar 23 1873 Fredrick Douglas Esq Washington D C Do you recollect the young man who declared himself a preacher to your great astonishment in the cars between Altoona and Pittsburgh We got on Theology if you recall the time and on parting with you I promised…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1873
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Image 32 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1873 Fredrick Douglas addressed
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1873
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Image 33 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1873 Washington DC March 29th 1873 Dear Sir You are right The first gleam of the sword of freedom and independence in Cuba secured my sympathy with the revolutionary causeâand it did seem to me that our Government ought to have made haste to accord the insurgents belligerent rights Why it did not is still a mystery to me Nothing but my high confidence in…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1873
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Image 34 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1873 Washington Hotel 4th Avenue on 27th St New York March 30 1873 My Dear Douglass It is an age since I have heard from you and yet I see you and hear from you all the time But as you of course cannot return the compliment allow me to recall myself to your memory The fact is that I want to ask a favor…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1873
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Image 35 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1873 I would like to write you at more length not to say on more agreeable subjects but I have not the strength and our obliged as you see to dictate even there few lines Yours in pleasant memory of other and better days Henry Cliffde LSSC PS Would it be to much to ask you to drop me a word or two as to…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1873
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Image 36 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1873 39 West 26th Street New York April 2 1873 Dear Friend Frederic I wish you to do a favor for me and I will tell you the story briefly as possible trusting it will meet your approbation There are two large Hospitals under the charge of the Commissioners of Charities and Corrections of New York One is called Charity the other Bellevue Hospital Each…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1873
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Image 37 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1873 present no vacancies in Bellevue Hospital but there is room on the board for an extra surgeon because the Commissioners have brought in the Centre Street Hospital and given the Medical Board charge of it In case the transfer or appointment can not at present be made for our friend a promise of the next vacancy might be obtained The present Commissioners of Charities…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1873
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Image 38 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1873 Please answer me to 39 West 26th Street New York
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1873
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Image 39 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1873 Fall River Ms April 6 73 My dear Friend I have to thank you for yr kind favors both of which were recieved in good time and yet more for your invitation to stop in Washington This however is an impossibility My friend Mrs Hayward is here I return with her to Hannibal We go to Providence Tuesday Aft on Wednesday or Thursday start…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1873
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Image 40 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1873 of Chicago in Schenectady but you are not it is no use to wish I shall hope to hear from you whilst in Hannibal and if on my return you should be in Washington wish me to do so I may come that way but all that is in the future wh is always uncertain I hope you are recovering from your Cold overexertion…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1873
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Image 41 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1873 M Rochester Apr 7 73 My Dear Wife I have just got your letter and glad to know that you are all safe and are all doing well at home I hope you will have a good time Mary takes good care of your baby at home Alice thinks it grand to seep with me I have just got home and it is late…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1873
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Image 42 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1873 Rochester Apr 8 1873 h My dear Wife I sent you a few lines this morning I am sorry to know that no one came to meet you How do you like Washington I hope you have seen the city by this time If father could get me something do I would like it but I would not ask him to do it for…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1873
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Image 43 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1873 will do well I would keep her with me ontill she got well It is very cold here Let me hear from Hattie soon Love to yall yours Dear Nathan Sprague
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1873
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Image 44 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1873 Belmont House U L C BEARD Proprietor PARSONS KANSAS Lincoln Neb April 10th 1873 Frederick Douglass Esq Dear sir I wrote you a long letter in February in regard to your going to Denver and other places in Colorado to Lecture but received no answer from you When you lectured for me at Lincoln you partially promised to go to Denver with me and…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1873
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Image 45 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1873 26 Belmont House U L C BEARD Proprietor PARSONS KANSAS April 10 1873 associations c at different points in Colorado and could have engag ed you at about 8 different nights there They are very anxious to have you come for two nights at Denver two nights at Central City two nights at Georgetown c all places that I have often been too and…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1873
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Image 46 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1873 3d Belmont House U L C BEARD Proprietor PARSONS KANSAS April 10 1873 you left home c I have never had one word from you in reply I am very sorry about it as I held out pretty good assurances that you would come they were anxious to have you come by the last of April if possible I have written them now that…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1873
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Image 47 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1873 4th Belmont House U L C BEARD Proprietor PARSONS KANSAS April 10 1873 I will give you 100 per night for eight nights and perhaps ten and will pay all your expenses to and from Denver your expenses while there so that you will realize 800 or 1000 clear of all expenses I will pay you any sum in advance you want be it…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1873
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Image 48 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1873 two weeks if I have you for 8 nights write to me at Lincoln Nebraska be sure to say positively whether you will go and at what time I think the month of June would be the best time I send you a little note clipped from one of my Denver letters offering you hospitality c There will be no staging to do and…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1873
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Image 49 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1873 Denver Colorado Apr 29 1873 My dear Douglass A few days ago I saw in our Morning paper a telegram stating that Hon Frederick Douglass would Lecture in Denver about the the 2d or 3d of JuneâI went directly to Jno Clough Co proprietors of âGovernorâs Guard Hallâ and they told me that they had received such a dispatch from your Agt in Kansas…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1873
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Image 50 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1873 that Island needs the protecting Arm of our Government Her people need our civilization our System of schools and our language God grant that she may come in the not distant futureâ I mention to you the drift of what I said that we may privately understand each other with reference to President Grant You might at some convenient time mention me to him…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1873
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Image 51 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1873 when I get to Washington I will seek a personal interview with the General Private if possibleâ Let this be confidential between you my son selfâ Sic semper in secula seculorumâ H O Wagoner
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1873
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Image 52 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1873 New York May 4 1973 My dear friend Your two kind letters Apr 14 15 were received in due time I delayed in answering because I knew my answer would reach you just about at your departure for Kentucky Mr Riotte may have told you that I was misinformed in stating that the petition in question had been found in Mr Robesons Office it…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1873
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Image 53 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1873 kindness in trying to to lift push that affair to its desired end I dare say it was if not the hardest at least the most disagreeable task you ever imposed upon yourself to sit wait in an Antechamber to ask for a favor Thanks thousand thanks to you So far we have heard nothing of the affair and I presume it will require…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1873
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Image 54 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1873 reason with her on that nonsense for it is nonsense in itself to reason on nonsense You look at the Indian Affair in the same light as I do The revenge of logic consists in the logic of events With expressions of gratitude friendship from Mrs Cables part as well as from myself Yours truly G Frauenstein
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1873
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Image 55 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1873 Third Auditors Office May 13th 1873 Dear Father My intentions yesterday on seeing you were simply to deny any and all charges of an improper character that have been made against me I begged Libbie not to go to you I asked her to listen to me but she was fired up by outside influence and would not listen and now in justice to…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1873
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Image 56 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1873 I called for her to come to the corner opposite to where I stood so that the dog would allow her to pick him up he being shy of me Lizzie said âNo Mr Charles it is too muddyâ and immediately went towards Freds house thinking I heard the dog coming back I stepped aside that he might not see me and immediately Libbie…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1873
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Image 57 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1873 that she had no foundation for her action Yesterday after I left for the Office she called Lizzie to her and questioned her cautioning her to tell the truth and threatening to have her arrested if she did not Lizzie told her substantially what I have told you in the foregoing She then asked Lizzie to say my intentions were improper or rather she…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1873
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Image 58 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1873 I must be set down as a terrible passionate person in view of all these circumstances and a jealous wife to attempt any such thing at my own door Libbie is incurably jealous has been since we first married and has to made me feel sore on many an occasion Only a few days ago when Miss Patterson was at the table and I…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1873
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Image 59 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1873 of an improper nature I had again to call in on Miss Patterson to show the noteâand when she saw what it was she could say nothing but looked ashamed as she did before Miss Patterson This last charge is to keep me from visiting Freds house because she is out with Virginia Amelia5 is also out with Virginia and between Amelia Mrs Sh…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1873
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Image 60 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1873 will disgrace myself If I have placed myself in a position to arouse suspicion I have done so unwittingly and am truly sorry for that but in the eyes of one not jealous or prejudiced I dont believe the same construction could be put upon my action I feel almost satisfied that Libbie in her own heart does not believe her own statement to…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1873
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Image 61 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1873 Washington DC June 18th 1873 MY DEAR SIR It is now about one year since my house in Rochester was destroyed by fire Until recently I have fondly hoped to rebuild on the place of the old building and to spend there what may remain of life and at last lay down to rest in the beautiful shades of Mt Hope2 I have not…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1873
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Image 62 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1873 I am dear sir Douglass I am dear Sir n
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1873
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Image 63 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1873 Rochester June 18th 1873 Dear Father I have learned through some parties today that there are some doubts about the Farmers and Mechanics bank so much so that these parties parties have taken their money out and advised me if I had any in to do the same as the bank was shaky I thought I would inform you of the rumor Your son…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1873
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Image 64 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1873 Bridport June 30 1873 Dear Mr Douglass your letter gave us the greatest pleasure I am much touched by your kind remembrance of us in the Era and thought nothing of the printers error By the way you continue to associate Bridport with Bridgater as is very natural and address to us in Somerset here We are on the Southern coast in the adjoining…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1873
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Image 65 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1873 be disappointed I should not have misunderstood her remarks about gratitude because her feelings against slavery are so intense that she could not possibly have meant gratitude to their old oppressors But she must have been struck with the disinterested labors of many who are striving to instruct and elevate those to whose oppression their countrymen are parties She sent me a Hampton newspaper…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1873
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Image 66 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1873 I fear that my correspondent the School master was a trustee there and caused trouble I heard no more of him after one brief controversy This quiet little town which I much hope you will come and see ere long sends to to more stirring regions Five of my young people including two married couples have lately gone to Chicago where they find that…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1873
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Image 67 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1873 Deer Park Garrett Co Md July 13th73 Fredrick Douglass Honored Sir It is impossible for you to know how reluctant I am to write this letter as I know that such great men must have a multitude of important matters to attend to this I know will not seem important to you but oh Mr Douglass if you could understand what it is to…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1873
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Image 68 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1873 I remember how should you from your height remember anything connected with such a poor unfortunate so I will repeat your words I think I could repeat all the words you have ever spoken to me I said Mr Douglass I have applied for a position in the Treasury and you said have you why did you not get my name on the paper…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1873
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Image 69 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1873 be a good clerk Oh Mr Douglass if you could if you only could I cannot respect you more but I will teach my child to worship you and we will each day pray God to bless Fredrick Douglass while life shall last You know I have been your friend since I was such a little girl tho I have not seen much of…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1873
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Image 70 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1873 Fall River Ms Aug 31 73 My dear Brother Frederick I am troubled about you I am sure you did not to go Biddeford or we should have seen you here and I fear you are sick Will you not let me hear the exact condition of things I staid in Worcester till the next week after leaving Rochester Gertie Will met me at…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1873
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Image 71 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1873 One another of the children look down upon me from the walls and Williams photographs in different forms and many other halfworshipped mementoes meet my eyes which ever way I turn No Frederick believe it not that with the body existence ceases It cannot be I think as I told you as we sat under the trees at the old home that William was…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1873
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Image 72 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1873 Attack of dysentery and is now better but she is not strong and I feel anxious about her My regards to Mrs Douglass believe me always affect truly Sister Martha Post office Box 372 Fall River Ms
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1873
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Image 73 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1873 Peterboro Sept 23 1873 Frederick Douglass My dear friend I have just finished reading your speech at Nashville God be praised that you were able to make it While reading it I could feel that your oppressed people were rising under its influence You were just the man to speak on the occasion No white man would have made a better speech and the…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1873
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Image 74 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1873 Mowbray Cottage 15Nov 1873 Dear Friend Today I send you the leaves and grasses they are not all I could wish but I hope you will be pleased with them if not much with them at least with the effort I have made to please you in this direction If in some sort of distant way they carry your spirit away from the noisy…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1873
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Image 75 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1873 my hanging basket has received such good attention I thank you for your good wishes and hope I shall always have them I count it among my greatest pleasures to receive a good letter from you but I dont want you ever to write when it is a burden to you such things are only beautiful so long as they are spontaneous I am…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1873
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Image 76 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1873 Wincobank Hall W Sheffield Nov 23rd 73 My Dear Friend Your welcome letter did reach me before I left Rochdale I had hoped to be in Italy by this time but my plans as usual have been defeated though I still look forward to going to Rome before the winter is over I think I told you that Mr Van Meter had proposed my…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1873
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Image 77 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1873 I have thus again been disappointed My friends tell me that it is for the best Mr VM being a person with whom it is difficult to work Nevertheless I am extremely disappointed And I shall leave no means untried to find some open door into that field of labor for which I think my knowledge of Italian has fitted me I quite long…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1873
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Image 78 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1873 2 to allow me to work for you I came here to my old home on my way into Hampshire Where I think of spending a little time with my friendsthe Coates at Bournemouth Then I shall go to Bridport for a lazy visit to the dear Carpenters and their friends the Calfoyes They hope I shall not go to Italy for in that…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1873
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Image 79 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1873 in this room seated in your chair all things remaining as they were in those happy days so long vanished I cannot help spending thus a few moments with you dear friend It is a wonderful pleasure I often take my solitary walks to some hallowed spots sacred and dear to memory You would hardly recognize these places Man has defaced their natural beauty…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1873
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Image 80 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1873 exercised towards the poor Freedmen Alas there is still much of both everywhere in this poor world France and Spain are having a hard struggle for liberty In England the working classes are fighting in earnest against the encroachments of Romanism in the garb of Ritualism and for unsectarian education I think the Ashantee war a most unjust one the cause of it being…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1873
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Image 81 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1873 3 England will have much to answer for I trust Mr Brights resumption of office will do good It is a mercy his life is spared I saw him shortly before leaving Rochdale He was then looking in vigorous health I told dear Mrs Rawson that I was writing to you She begged I would give you her kindest remembrances and say that she…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1873
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Image 82 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1873 this may be my last visit here It makes my heart sad I fear I have wearied you Will you give my dear faithful love to Rosa when you see or write to her All letters addressed to me here will follow me wherever I may be or to the care of Thos Coate Esqre Lisle House Bournemouth Hampshire or care of G Kemp…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1873
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Image 83 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1873 priesthood is tottering but it is astonishing what a strong hold it still has on the people The children must be snatched from the grasp of the priest or there is no hope for the future generation I often wonder why I am so baffled in my desires to help others I know and am convinced my dear friends that your motives in refusing…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1873
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Image 84 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1873 but as you never understood how joyfully I would have welcomed a life of self denial and of daily hourly trials in the service of those so unspeakably dear to my heart My life would indeed have been a rich and privileged one had I been permitted to spend even a few years of it in serving you in your people But it is…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1873
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Image 85 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1873 Denver Colorado Dec 10 1873 My very dear old friend My Son my dear boy is here He came on Sunday night and found me at my soninlawâs house After the joyous outbursts of nature and natureâs laws in such Salutations peculiar to such occasions my first Enquiries were after you and your dear family Lewis Frederick and all He at once gave us…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1873
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Image 86 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1873 never told you before that I could discover in the young man a certain impress of his dear Mother who now âsleeps the sleep that knows no wakingâ At the time of his Conception and during gestation his Mother had taken a deep interest in and was strongly impressed with the character and admiration of course is susceptible of cultivation I see that even…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1873
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Image 87 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1873 Well my dear man as I approach that great End to which we must all come at last I am a little disposed to contemplate the planatery system in which we live What a glorious theme it is to me to contemplate the great fact to even a limited Extent that natures laws are fixed and immutable through the Ages Yes evolution and progress…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1873
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Image 88 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1873 In conclusion I am strong in my gratitude to you and to all who have acted with me in helping my son to his present position I trust he will do no discredit to those who have taken an interest in him But Enoughâ As ever H O Wagoner
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1873
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Image 89 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1873 Gateshead on Tyne Decr 12th 1873 My very dear friend I cannot but feel grieved when I think of the length of time that has rolled away since I received your last letter I was to shocked distressed to hear of the fire the great loss you had sustained that at first in truth I knew not what to say and then came great…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1873
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Image 90 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1873 and allowed myself for some time to feel very sad at heart But you seem to be reconciled I trust are now in your Washington home to keep Christmas where I trust this will reach you ere long find you yours well Well My dear old friend time is thinning the ranks of my oldest friends rapidly Two of the Bluberys a name you…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1873
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Image 91 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1873 considerable supplementing Do dear Frederick write to me as soon as possible after you receive this address here the letter will be forwarded to me at once if I have not returned to Gateshead Do you know Mr Moody and Mr Sankey of Chicago They have been staying in Newcastle Gateshead holding revival services it has been the first revival I ever got completely…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1873
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Image 92 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1873 Did you ever print your lecture on William the silent How many times I have begged you to send it to me Please remember do so Do tell me about any of the dear coloured friends I used to know are they all dead what of Mr George Downing and Remond c is Mrs Remond a grand meilliur in Paris I saw the name…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1873
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Image 93 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1873 we make sure of a more blissful meeting where farewells are never said I remember how much you dear Frederick dislike sermons but but let me say for myself that I never found my dear Savior so near nor so precious as now Amidst the many trials heart rendings disappointments I have gone through I can realize that all things must win are working…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1873
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Image 94 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1873 me a recent carte I will send you a new one when I get it Were all the books burned I sent you from England Was nothing saved It is a mercy the family escaped My kind love to Mrs Douglass Rose Louis Fredk Charles Should I know any of the juniors How many wee ones are you grandpapa to I have heard the…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1873
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Image 95 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1873 life it seems divided into various epochs but it has always been a busy one I expect will always be so we now have a large day school I never can leave home between the holidays then I am always away Dr C came here in Oct I expect to reach him his Manchester home about 23d Decr for Christmas its holidays Lizzie stays…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1873
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Image 96 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1873 Washington D C Dec 15th 1873 R D Beckley Esq Dear Sir My attention was called a few days since to an article in the New Era written by you in reply to some criticisms of Miss Putnans on your conduct at Lottsburg Your article which I can only say is most scandalous and infamous and gave me pain to read coming from one…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1873
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Image 97 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1873 As to Miss Putnams criticism your friends who were present all attest as to its truthfulness while your assertion of your having received various invitations from other white persons of Lottsburg tendering you the hospitality of their homes and that you were unaware of the fact that liquor was sold near the spot where you spake and that it was evident that she drinks…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1873
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Image 98 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1873 had you placed on the State committee for the 1st District while your residence was in the 7th District and that that without consultation with the Delegates from the District and for the express purpose of useing you to do his dirty work and most faithfully you appear to have fulfiled the engagement It is very apparent of every effort of Mr S is…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1873
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Image 99 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1873 they have never shipped a bushel of wheat and other farm product and that they do and have distributed generously clothing and etc virtuely gratuitously regularly or at for a mere nominal consideration value As to the other assertions that Miss Holly was opposing they and supporting sustainthe regular Republican ticket is false she was sustaining the only regular and real nomination false against…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1873
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Image 100 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1873 your enemy for their devotion to defend and improve the character and condition of the colored race It was a sad site to see you at the close of the speech taken by the hand by these same parties into the grogshop and treated to whiskey by them for your triade tirade to the position you assumed during the campaign in regard to civil…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1873