Letter from Frederick Douglass, Belfast [Ireland], to Richard Davis Webb, 7 Dec. [1845]

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Frederick Douglass, Belfast [Ireland], to Richard Davis Webb, 7 Dec. [1845]
Description:
Frederick Douglass asks R. D. Webb to send him 50 copies of ["A Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave"] so that he can sell them. He says he thinks it would be better to break his Birmingham engagement and go to Glasgow. He then talks about his upcoming engagements in Belfast.
Author:
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
Addressee:
Webb, Richard Davis, 1805-1872
Date:
[December 7, 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:/50959/5h740c71q
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.
"[To R.D. Webb]" and "[1845]" was added on the manuscript in different ink and handwriting than those of the original letter.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
4664609
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.15, p.87
Barcode:
39999066766245