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North star. [Vol. 1, no. 16 (April 14, 1848)]

Whole number 26. Includes poem "Farewell to Frederick Douglass" and Front page article "Mrs. Madison a slave dealer."

GLC07233

Frederick Douglass' paper. [Vol. 4, no. 50 (December 12, 1851)]

Early issue. Confessions of a slave dealer

GLC07234

to Amy [Anna] Richardson

Draft or retained copy of a letter to Anna Richardson, wife of Henry (refer to GLC07484.03). Accepts 150 pounds sterling for the manumission of Frederick Bailey (Frederick Douglass). Will present Richardson's agent with the papers as soon as the...

GLC07484.04

[Receipt for $25 related to the manumission of Frederick Douglass]

Meredith received $25 from Hugh Auld, Frederick Douglass's former owner, for "professional service in relation to the manumission of his negro slave Frederick Baily [Douglass]." Written on a quarter sheet of paper.

GLC07484.05

[Resignation as the Director and President of the Freedom Manufacturing Company]

Addressed to the companies Board of Directors. Accompanied by an (unrelated) engraving of Douglass by Augustus Robin of New York (see GLC08948.02).

GLC08948.01

[Engraving of Frederick Douglass]

Accompanied an unrelated autograph note signed by Douglass (see GLC08948.01). Robin was an artist and engraver who worked in New York.

GLC08948.02

[Frederick Douglass quotation]

"For myself, I ask nothing I would not freely grant to all men." Signed and dated 1868. On lined paper with reproduced photograph of Douglass.

GLC09002

The Official Proceedings of the National Negro Congress

One pamphlet entitled, "The Official Proceedings of the National Negro Congress," dated February 14, 1936. Item gives an account of the first meeting of the National Negro Congress (NNC); delves into its founding; a speech by the the president of the...

GLC09640.189.01

The Official Proceedings of the National Negro Congress

One pamphlet entitled, "The Official Proceedings of the National Negro Congress," dated February 14, 1936. Item gives an account of the first meeting of the National Negro Congress (NNC); delves into its founding; a speech by the the president of the...

GLC09640.189.02

Open Letter to Frederick Douglass re: treatment of black cadets at West Point

GLC07592

["Any holder but a Slave holder" potholder]

Based on the accompanying letter (GLC 7731.01), created by Miss Lena, who gave the potholder to Frederick Douglass as a gift after reading his narrative. Depicts two African Americans (one male and one female) holding hands and dancing against a...

GLC07731.02

Half length seated carte de visite portrait of Frederick Douglass, with cane

GLC07752.02

Brief autobiographical sketch: "A slave in 1837. Free man 1838..."

Includes envelope addressed to Charles Peirce, Fort Leavenworth, Kan.

GLC07762

Frederick Douglass's paper. [Vol. 13, no. 9 (February 17, 1860)]

GLC07763

Vignette bust portrait of Douglass (Currier and Ives print)

GLC07765

[Two variations of the classic uplift poster, "Onward"] [Decimalized .01-.02]

Two variations of the classic uplift poster, "Onward" created by W.L. Haskell. They feature portraits of Paul Laurence Dunbar, W.E.B. Du Bois, Matilda Sissieretta Joyner-Jones, Hightower Theodore Kealing, Wilford Horace Smith, Abraham Lincoln...

GLC09736

Life and Times of Frederick Douglass

Life and Times of Frederick Douglass, is a biography of Frederick Douglass. This book is broken down into 41 chapters in two parts. There is also an appendix at the end of the book. There are 18 engravings throughout the book.

GLC09659

to Hugh Auld

Douglass writes to his former master after twenty years, admitting that he has often wanted to hold correspondence with Auld. Inquires after the Auld children, who are dear to Douglass: "...I feel nothing but kindness for you all- I love you, but...

GLC07484.06

[Blank Postcard]

One blank postcard dated circa 1940's based on a 1880's portrait of Frederick Douglass. Printed on the rear of the postcard is the text, "Frederick Douglass1818-1895 Born a slaveon the eastern shore of Maryland, but ran away to become a great anti...

GLC07926.02

[Tribute to Lincoln]

His tribute to Lincoln; the original manuscript published in Osborn H. Oldroyd's "The Lincoln Memorial: Album-Immortelles," in 1882, [page 265]. "A great man: Tender of heart, strong of nerve, of boundless patience and broadest sympathy, with no...

GLC09091

to Phoebe Hathaway

Updating a fellow Abolitionist on his busy schedule. "It is too bad that I cannot come to Farmington on the first of April after that winsome little note of yesterday. But I cannot and cannot now, see any chance of visiting the kind of Domicile of...

GLC09097