Letter from Frederick Douglass, Glasgow [Scotland], to Richard Davis Webb, [April 25, 1846]

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Frederick Douglass, Glasgow [Scotland], to Richard Davis Webb, [April 25, 1846]
Description:
Frederick Douglass thanks R.D. Webb for sending him a detailed statement of account. He says he will transmit the sum necessary to pay what he owes Webb. He then reports on meetings at Glasgow, and talks about his poor eyesight.
Author:
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
Addressee:
Webb, Richard Davis, 1805-1872
Date:
[April 25, 1846]
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 37 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/5h740d220
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Glasgow [Scotland]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Date of production speculated from the note on the manuscript and the postmark.
On verso, the delivery address is "Richard Davis Webb, Esq, Gt Brunswick Street, Dublin." It was postmarked "GLASGOW, APR 25, 1846."
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
4664572
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.16, p.38
Barcode:
39999066766369