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- GLC#
- GLC05312
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- circa 23 August 1876
- Author/Creator
- Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
- Title
- to T. R. H. Johnson
- Place Written
- Washington, District of Columbia
- Pagination
- 1 p. : envelope Height: 22.6 cm, Width: 13.7 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- Reconstruction
No year cited, but preliminary research suggests the year of publication. Thanks Johnson, editor of The Monthly Elevator, for a bound volume recently sent. Remarks that the Elevator, an African American journal, is "laying the foundation of a literature which will in time reflect credit upon our long oppressed and benighted people." A pencil note at the top states, "An Encouraging word from Hon. Frederick Douglass." Enveloped addressed to Johnson in Washington, Pennsylvania. Includes a three cent stamp.
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