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Mahon, William S. (1881-1891)
[Carte-de-visite of a young girl]
One undated carte-de-vistie of a young black girl seated on a velvet chaise taken by William S. Mahon in Nashville, Tennessee.
GLC09645.102
27 August 1884
Douglass, Frederick (1818-1895)
to Amy Post
Douglass writes to Post, a New York abolitionist and suffragist. Had been to Post's home in Rochester, and regretted her absence. Relates that he and Helen, his wife (they married in January 1884) had for their honeymoon traveled through Chicago...
GLC05819
1879/05/19
The Exodus [oppression of blacks in the South and their leaving for the North]
Apparently a sentiment or quotation written on blue lined paper, removed from a notebook or autograph album. This may be unrhymed verse. "If they were generally and systematically whipt starved and shot to death and if there were no rational ground...
GLC07563
24 March 1894
to Benjamin Franklin Auld
Thanks Auld for helping him obtain the date when Auld's father, Hugh, began the ship building firm where Douglass served in Baltimore. Asserts that Hugh may have begun the business as early as 1827, and he (Douglass) may have been eight years old in...
GLC07484.01
23 November 1887
to unknown
Discusses equality of treatment for blacks in the South. Pleased that black lawyers are now allowed to practice, and says it "implies a wonderful revolution in the public sentiment of the Southern States." However, worries because some teachers of...
GLC08992
9 March 1881
Foster, Abigail K. (fl. 1881)
to Harriet Jane Hanson Robinson
Abolitionist and suffragist Foster responds to questions from Robinson who was doing research for her book, "Massachusetts in the woman suffrage movement. A general, political, legal and legislative history from 1774 to 1881" (Boston, 1881). Foster...
GLC02076
4 October 1892
Stowe, Harriet Beecher (1811-1896)
[Quotation from Uncle Tom's Cabin on Christ]
"Not one throb of anguish, not one tear of the oppressed is forgotten by the man of sorrows, the Lord of Glory - In his patient generous bosom He bears the anguish of a world." Quoted from Chapter 12.
GLC03969.02
January 1884
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) (1822-1885)
to Tiffany and Co.
Requesting a contribution of $5,000 towards completing the base of the Statue of Liberty. "You will no doubt deplore with us the marked indifference of the citizens of New York to the munificent gift of the French People to the People of the United...
GLC08978
circa 1882
Unknown
["Any holder but a Slave holder" potholder]
Based on the accompanying letter (GLC 7731.01), created by Miss Lena, who gave the potholder to Frederick Douglass as a gift after reading his narrative. Depicts two African Americans (one male and one female) holding hands and dancing against a...
GLC07731.02
26 September 1878
Sherman, William Tecumseh (1820-1891)
to David Douty Colton
Expresses gratitude to Colton, Vice President of the Southern Pacific Railroad, for the convenience the railroad offers transcontinental travelers. States that the railroad is "'a great civilizer', and will enable the Military Authorities to...
GLC05095
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