Letter from Frederick Douglass, Belfast [Ireland], to Richard Davis Webb, 24 Dec. 1845

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Frederick Douglass, Belfast [Ireland], to Richard Davis Webb, 24 Dec. 1845
Description:
Douglass acknowledges receiving 50 books from Webb, and talks about letters of introduction and recommendation he is working to obtain from various people. He reports about the meetings he is having in the Independent Chapel [in Belfray?], and says he may meet Buffum in Glasgow.
Author:
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
Addressee:
Webb, Richard Davis, 1805-1872
Date:
December 24, 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 (3 p.) ; 23 x 38 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/5h740c87m
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.
On verso, the delivery address is "Richard Davis Webb, Esq, Gt. Brunswick Street. Dublin." It was postmarked, Belfast, DE24, 1845.
Includes a stamp.
Identifier:
4664776
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.15, p.91
Barcode:
39999066766286