Letter from Frederick Douglass, Belfast [Ireland], to Richard Davis Webb, [December 20, 1845]
Description:
Frederick Douglass asks R.D. Webb to send him fifty books, [possibly fifty copies of "A Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave"]. He also says he is enclosing a note that he wrote in haste. He then thanks Webb for sending him the letters from America, from which he learned his family are all well.
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Place of production from the legacy card catalog.
Time of production, "[Dec. 22, 1845]," was added on the manuscript in a different hand than the original text.
On verso, the delivery address is "R. D. Webb Esq. Gt Brunswick st. Dublin." It was postmarked, Belfast, DE20, 1845.
Includes a stamp.