Douglass, Frederick (1818-1895) to Christopher C. Sniffen
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03893.01 Author/Creator: Douglass, Frederick (1818-1895) Place Written: Washington, D.C. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 19 May 1876 Pagination: 1 p. ; 24.4 x 19 cm. Order a Copy
Douglass writes to Sniffen, secretary for President Ulysses S. Grant. Informs Sniffen, "it will be convenient for me to call at the Executive Mansion on Monday Morning, and if I learn nothing from you meanwhile requesting otherwise I will call on Monday at eleven o. clock am."
President Hayes named Douglass Marshal of the District of Columbia. The Presidential appointment made Douglass the first black man to hold a position requiring Senate approval. William S. McFeely, Frederick Douglass (New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 1991): 289.
316. A. St. N.E.
Washington D.C. May 19. 1876
C.C. Sniffen Esqr:
Dear Sir:
In answer to your note of today I have to say that it will be convenient for me to call on the Executive Mansion on Monday Morning, and if I learn nothing from you meanwhile requesting other wise I will call on Monday at Eleven O. Clock AM.
Respectfully yours
Fred[eric]k Douglass
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