Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895 to Mr. Peck

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GLC02990
GLC#
GLC02990
Type
Letters
Date
October 12, 1893
Author/Creator
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
Title
to Mr. Peck
Place Written
Chicago, Illinois
Pagination
1 p. : Height: 27.7 cm, Width: 21.2 cm
Primary time period
Rise of Industrial America, 1877-1900
Sub-Era
The Gilded Age

Typed on stationery of the Exposition Universelle de Chicago, Pavillon Haitien. Sympathizes with Peck, recently removed from a governmental office. Notes that he would have written a letter to the President (Grover Cleveland) on Peck's behalf, but felt he had no influence with the present administration. Remarks, "I do not like to fight, unless I have a hope of hitting somebody. I have no claims on this democratic administration whatever. I did all I could to get it out of power, and do not feel now like begging it to keep my friends in office."

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