Manuscript/Mixed Material Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; G
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Image 1 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; G Galadin Carlo unknown to FD Ap 15 Damaged letter
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1841
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Image 2 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; G April 15 Dear Mr Douglass I take the liberty to inform you that tomorrow is the first representation of the new Verolis Opera Othello so many of our friends will not be…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1841
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Image 3 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; G Pottsville Sch Co Pennsylvania Frdk Douglass Esq Washington DC Dear Sir Can you come to Pottsville and deliver a lecture for the Lecture association of the place during our comitee Course If…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1841
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Image 4 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; G Plase send me catalogue of yore nigro histries We wod be glad if yo will Do so We can sell A bouti 105 in mie county if you Wanto Send 1 nigro…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1841
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Image 5 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; G Send it to name Lur Gary Po Allie Smiths mills carrll county mississppi state We are all in truble here ask me an what a bate an I will tell you because…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1841
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Image 6 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; G My dear Gibbs Your letter came in my absence from home hence my tardy reply I will gladly speak a good word for you at the state Department But two things discourage…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1841
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Image 7 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; G Another error held by Colored race who speak and write of what they conceive to be the true intention of that colored people is that we ought to be a united people…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1841
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Image 8 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; G Have we a cause Dear Mr Gilbert Mr Douglass is to day Jaskonville Fla where today tomorrow he is to exhaust his energies in public addresses He read your letter before going…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1841
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Image 9 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; G almost wholly upon ones member of Congress Mr Douglass only stopped to say this that he did not feel that he could ask any department to suspend its action that he would…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1841
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Image 10 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; G Dear Mrs Hillyer Mr Hillyer ought not to try to go to Office until he gets stronger It puts him back every time he does it I send liquid which he is…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1841
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Image 11 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; G Anacostia D C Oct 15 H L Greene Esqr My dear sir Pardon delay in answering your favor of the 2nd instant asking me to write for the Free Thinker In reply…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1841
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Image 12 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; G Somerset Monday AM 7 12 oct My dear Martha It has turned out much as I feared after you became housekeeper for Mrs Brown You must learn to be less useful to…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1841
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Image 13 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; G the sponge cake and graham bread made and a refractory rooster stood ready to have his head cut off at any moment and more than all my colored sister proves to be…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1841
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Image 14 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; G Pleasant convenient cottage all to themselves wouldnt it be nice if you and Aunt Lucretia could visit them in the balmy month of June And now with much love and kind regards…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1841
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Image 15 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; G East Greenwich RI My dear friend Your favor of the 5th wish is at hand Please make my sincere sympathy to Helen and their fannie Their devotion to their mother was a…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1841
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Image 16 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; G sad over it for since it is in the order of things it must be well Yes my Friend as you put it I am bound to light on my feet I…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1841
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Image 17 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; G attractive It does to me I am hoping I have found it For years I have been feeding the hope that sometime either with the one or the other of my own…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1841
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Image 18 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; G 1 Regent St Roxbury Mass â My dear Friend I grew very tired waiting for a response fto my letter sent so long before you received it Now that I have reason…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1841
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Image 19 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; G Her only son her idol on his way to NY last Friday night via Steamer F River was attached as they believe with Oritigo and left his state room for fresh air…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1841
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Image 20 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; G Harriet H Greenough My dear friend your kind note has done me a real service While I early learned to regard you as one of my silent friends and almost invisible friends…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1841
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Image 21 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; G My dear Mr Douglass My daughter Madame de Hegermann has just told me that she met you recently in Washington where she now resides and joins me in the wish to see…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1841
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Image 22 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; G my son in law who is also the representative of Denmark to this country and he is prepared to admire in you all there attributes which all who know you so much…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1841
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Image 23 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; G Frederick Douglass Esq 316 A NE St My dear friend Through your friend Mrs Mosher I hear that you are in present affliction thruâ the bank of which you had accepted the…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1841
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Image 24 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; G generous nature to appreciate my better motive which is to assure you of my confidence in your abilityâto bring to your work even in this direction and one so new to you…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1841
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Image 25 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; G One evening I was reading to the children of my daughter Mrs Hamilton as is my habit they sleep for the nightâ Among the pieces selected was the story of your childhood…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1841
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Image 26 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; G she might have added by some thoughtless word or action to the trials of feeling to which your sorrowful life had felt been effusedâTrue to my promise I ask for her your…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1841
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Image 27 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; G as I had of her feelings that you could so stir the young soul into a recognition of its duties and susceptibilities by you made of narrating duly the solemn truths they…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1841
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Image 28 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; G M McKinlay Dear sir I am arranging to close up my matters entirely and it was for this reason that I desired to talk with you I will send you to morrow…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1841
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Image 29 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; G Mr McKinlay addressed
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1841
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Image 30 of Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; G Mr McKinlay Dear sir Will you discount the inclosed note and take out of proceeds 15 check All matters maturing with you will be paid 13 After August have arranged to take…
- Contributor: Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1841
About this Item
Title
- Frederick Douglass Papers: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; G
Names
- Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
Created / Published
- 1841 - 1912
Headings
- - 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
Genre
- Manuscripts
Call Number/Physical Location
- series: General Correspondence, 1841-1912
- mss11879, box 12; reel 9
Source Collection
- Frederick Douglass Papers
Repository
- Manuscript Division
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- online text
- image
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Location
Language
Subject
- 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