Letter from Frederick Douglass, Belfast [Ireland], to Richard Davis Webb, [December 20, 1845]

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Frederick Douglass, Belfast [Ireland], to Richard Davis Webb, [December 20, 1845]
Description:
Frederick Douglass asks R.D. Webb to send him fifty books, [possibly fifty copies of "A Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave"]. He also says he is enclosing a note that he wrote in haste. He then thanks Webb for sending him the letters from America, from which he learned his family are all well.
Author:
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
Addressee:
Webb, Richard Davis, 1805-1872
Date:
[December 20, 1845]
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--United States
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
Webb, Richard Davis, 1805-1872
Extent:
1 leaf (2 p.) ; 23 x 19 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/5h740c84s
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
[Belfast (Ireland)]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Place of production from the legacy card catalog.
Time of production, "[Dec. 22, 1845]," was added on the manuscript in a different hand than the original text.
On verso, the delivery address is "R. D. Webb Esq. Gt Brunswick st. Dublin." It was postmarked, Belfast, DE20, 1845.
Includes a stamp.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
4664737
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.15, p.90
Barcode:
39999066766278