Manuscript/Mixed Material Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1884, Aug.-Dec.
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Image 1 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1884, Aug.-Dec. LAW OFFICE OF John S Gillies WELLSVILLE Angelica NY Aug 6th 1884 Allegany Co Hon Fredrick Douglas Washington DC Dear Sire I wish to ask you a civil question and trust you…- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
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Image 2 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1884, Aug.-Dec. 1886 Battle Creek Mich Aug 6 Hon Fred Douglas Dear Sir Feeling impelled to draw my bow at a man lure I do so without taking into account the probabilities of the…- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1884-08
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Image 3 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1884, Aug.-Dec. North Star and later of Frederick Douglass Paper and Liberty Press the last of which often teemed with something fresh from your pen I was also reminded of the time when at…- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
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Image 4 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1884, Aug.-Dec. But now the question is in the language of of a colored leader when a member of his class who had been a backslider told of what he had been and done…- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1884-08
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Image 5 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1884, Aug.-Dec. are their chief concern While that party did nobly in fighing for the union was it because they wanted justice done to the slave Did not a majority of them hate the…- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
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Image 6 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1884, Aug.-Dec. will as surely come as it came for the lesser slavery so far as the victims were concerned to be abolished when it will be swept from the land Let not the…- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1884-08
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Image 7 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1884, Aug.-Dec. now occupy now as you are resting at the palace Beautiful on a site said by some writer to be more beautiful than any other on this or any other continent and…- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1884-08
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Image 8 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1884, Aug.-Dec. and with much greater force then than now because only a handful at that time were prepared to take that step while now thousands on thousands are now prepared to step into…- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1884-08
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Image 9 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1884, Aug.-Dec. Strathpeffer Dingwall Rossshire Dear Friend Augt 25th 1884 F Douglass I was very pleased to receive your letter so full of sympathy interest in reference to my beloved Brother Carr who has…- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1884-08
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Image 10 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1884, Aug.-Dec. the blessed assurance of his unspeakable Happiness in the presence of Jesus When his precious Wife asked him to rest he said Ill soon rest in the Lord Jesus Christ when asked…- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
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Image 11 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1884, Aug.-Dec. E William The other Eliza as she was called for some time but we hear from her she is as busy as ever in various ways always doing some kind thing as…- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
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Image 12 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1884, Aug.-Dec. in reading the speeches delivered in London at the AntiSlavery jubilee over which the Prince of Wales presided- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
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Image 13 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1884, Aug.-Dec. may meet again before the Throne reunite in singing praises to God the Lamb for ever ever Thou will be surprised to see the Address at the beginning of my note but…- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
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Image 14 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1884, Aug.-Dec. good for I was very poorly before leaving house I wish the air water may have as good an effect upon my dear child for she has been a great sufferer Having…- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
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Image 15 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1884, Aug.-Dec. Washington DC Aug 27 1884 AVW Van Vechten Esq Dear Sir I am obliged by your favor I have not seen the article in the Tribune to which you refer In fact…- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1884-08
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Image 16 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1884, Aug.-Dec. I am unusually Fredk- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
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Image 17 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1884, Aug.-Dec. 1884 Ag29 2 Lest what I am about to say should shall be rejected on the presumption that I have a leaning towards liquor I may say I am both a temperance…- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1884-08
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Image 18 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1884, Aug.-Dec. 3 whiskey drinking of customs of the north It is nothing against this that our friends of the Prohibition party are at heart opposed alike to the grog shop and the bull…- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1884-08
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Image 19 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1884, Aug.-Dec. brining good out of Evil Any other moral philosophy than this leads to moral confusion and to the bottomless pit But theres not the slightest shadow of a probability that the defeat…- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
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Image 20 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1884, Aug.-Dec. 5 In regard to prohibition the Republican party occupies no such position It neither condemns nor approves a man for being a Prohibitionist It simply awaits a settled judgment of the people…- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
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Image 21 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1884, Aug.-Dec. 6 and put in the shape of wise legislation as any party which may now or hereafter be formed The mistake our Prohibition friends are now making is full of mischief and…- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1884-08
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Image 22 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1884, Aug.-Dec. To the Editor of the New York Globe Dear sir To you and D A Straker I give my hearty thanks for the generous notice you have given of the late lamented…- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1884-08
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Image 23 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1884, Aug.-Dec. 1 To the Editor of the Globe To you and D A Straker esqr I give thanks for the generous notice just read in the Globe of the death of Robert Brown…- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1884-08
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Image 24 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1884, Aug.-Dec. 2 We are not over rich in such men as Elliot and we may well mourn his too early death I with thousands who knew his abilities and worth have been waiting…- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1884-08
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Image 25 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1884, Aug.-Dec. 242 East 53rd St New York September 15th 84 Now Fredrick Douglass Dear Sir Mr Rhoden Mitchell who brought a testimonial from you has just called upon me and has shown me…- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1884-08
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Image 26 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1884, Aug.-Dec. tokens of upright earnestness even in such and Mr Rhoden Mitchell appears to me to compare favorably with the many who from time to time coming from the South make appeals to…- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1884-08
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Image 27 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1884, Aug.-Dec. 1884 Battle Creek Sept 29 Hon Frederick Douglass Dear Sir Your very kind and courteous reception of my first missive has emboldened me to add a few more words I have for…- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1884-08
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Image 28 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1884, Aug.-Dec. You recollect in the history of the word of David that at one lime when the desired to go in person to the battle that he was prevented by his men from…- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1884-08
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Image 29 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1884, Aug.-Dec. You say we are not asked to vote for men who drink but are we not asked to vote for men who depend upon the liquor instead to put them in power…- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1884-08
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Image 30 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1884, Aug.-Dec. I think you belong to a class of Abimeleks and would would scorn to be slain by the hands of a woman but we are commanded to sow beside all waters and…- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1884-08
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Image 31 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1884, Aug.-Dec. the proceeds into the Missionary Box Years ago Hermann Camp of Tompkins Co a N Y and Gerrit Smith carried controversy through the papers respecting the comparative claims of Colonization and Emancipation…- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1884-08
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Image 32 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1884, Aug.-Dec. This movement the Democrats should get into power Their triumph would be short and I want to add if they do get into power the Republicans have themselves to thank By this…- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1884-08
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Image 33 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1884, Aug.-Dec. Better be a slave contending with the dog for the bone thrown by his master than to be in high places and be a copartner in this business as from necessity every…- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1884-08
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Image 34 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1884, Aug.-Dec. During your pupilage if I may use the expression you fought with the dignitaries of the land and often came off victorious because you had the truth and right on your side…- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1884-08
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Image 35 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1884, Aug.-Dec. been so absorbed in other things topics that you have not given to this subject the thoughts and study which its importance demands You say the Republican Party is needed till the…- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1884-08
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Image 36 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1884, Aug.-Dec. Woodland DC Oct 4th 1884 Mr Douglass Your note in reply to my direct question is not quite plain You say you hold yourself ready to pay any past claim or debt…- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1884-08
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Image 37 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1884, Aug.-Dec. Pitts sympathy who supposing from your public standing you had taught your sons to be honest and truthful lent him the 90 he so earnestly requested with the assured promise it should…- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1884-08
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Image 38 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1884, Aug.-Dec. 101 Pinckney Street Boston Mass October 8 1884 Dear Mr Douglass I beg to thank you very much for your kind letter which found me here yesterday and which showed how accurately…- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1884-08
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Image 39 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1884, Aug.-Dec. Her married sister Mrs Jones died at Taunton September 1860 leaving a family of eight children three of whom and also her husband The Rev W Arthur Jones have since followed her…- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1884-08
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Image 40 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1884, Aug.-Dec. first six weeks of my bereavement to my inexpressible relief and comfort I came to America to attend the meeting of the British Association at Montreal being an old member and I…- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1884-08
About this Item
Title
- Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; 1884, Aug.-Dec.
Names
- Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
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- - United States--Politics and government--19th century
- - Abolitionists
- - Civil rights
- - Women's rights
- - Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell), 1820-1906--Correspondence
- - Assing, Ottilie--Correspondence
- - Bassett, Ebenezer D., 1833-1908--Correspondence
- - Bruce, Blanche Kelso, 1841-1898--Correspondence
- - Douglass, Anna Murray, -1882
- - Douglass, Lewis, 1840-1908--Correspondence
- - Douglass, Joseph H. (Joseph Henry), 1871-1935
- - Draz, Rosine Ame--Correspondence
- - Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879--Correspondence
- - Griffiths, Julia, -1895--Correspondence
- - Richardson family--Correspondence
- - Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874--Correspondence
- - Sprague, Rosetta Douglass--Correspondence
- - Wagoner, Henry O.--Correspondence
- - Webb family--Correspondence
- - Wells-Barnett, Ida B., 1862-1931--Correspondence
- - African American newspapers--New York (State)--Rochester
- - African Americans--Washington (D.C.)
- - Slaves--Emancipation
- - Orators
- - Douglass, Helen, 1838-1903. Helen Douglass papers
- - Manuscripts
- - United States
- - United States -- Connecticut -- Hartford
- - United States -- District of Columbia -- Washington, D.C
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- Manuscripts
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- series: General Correspondence, 1841-1912
- mss11879, box 5; reel 4
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- Frederick Douglass Papers
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- 19th Century
- Abolitionists
- African American Newspapers
- African Americans
- Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell)
- Assing, Ottilie
- Bassett, Ebenezer D.
- Bruce, Blanche Kelso
- Civil Rights
- Correspondence
- Douglass, Anna Murray
- Douglass, Helen,. Helen Douglass Papers
- Douglass, Joseph H. (Joseph Henry)
- Douglass, Lewis
- Draz, Rosine Ame
- Emancipation
- Garrison, William Lloyd
- Griffiths, Julia
- Manuscripts
- New York (State)
- Orators
- Politics and Government
- Richardson Family
- Rochester
- Slaves
- Smith, Gerrit
- Sprague, Rosetta Douglass
- United States
- Wagoner, Henry O.
- Washington (D.C.)
- Webb Family
- Wells-Barnett, Ida B.
- Women's Rights