Letter from George W. Jacobs & Co. to W. E. B. Du Bois
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Signed by Ellis P. Olberholtzer, editor, asking Du Bois if we would write a biography of Frederick Douglass and a history of the Underground Railroad for the "American Crisis Biographies" series covering key figures that played a role in the events leading up to the Civil War. Du Bois notes for response that he would like to and requests the general terms.
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