Letter from Frederick Douglass, Limerick, [Ireland], to Richard Davis Webb, 10th, Nov., 1845
Description:
Frederick Douglass writes to R.D. Webb that accompanying Wright would be detrimental to their success due to their differences. He says that his mission is purely anti-slavery one, whereas Wright is a reformer in general and “is identified with doctrines for which [Douglass himself does not] wish to seem responsible.”
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
On verso, the delivery address is "R. D. Webb, Great Brunswick st. Dublin." It was postmarked, Limerick, NO10, 1845.
Includes a stamp.