Douglass, Frederick (1818-1895) to Benjamin Franklin Auld
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07484.02 Author/Creator: Douglass, Frederick (1818-1895) Place Written: Washington, D.C. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 9 April 1891 Pagination: 1 p. ; 20.2 x 25.5. cm. Order a Copy
Thanks Auld for "an elegantly bound and finely illustrated volume containing a biographical history" of the Baltimore police. Recalls his boyhood days and many pleasant memories with the Auld family. Written on Cedar Hill, Anacostia, D.C. stationery.
Benjamin was the son of Hugh Auld, who Douglass served under as a slave in his early years.
Cedar Hill,
Anacostia, D.C. Apl 9th 1891
Capt. B.F. Auld:
Dear Sir: I am obliged to you for for [sic] an elegantly bound and finely illustrated volume containing a biographical history of the Police System of the City of Baltimore. I shall value the Book not only for its intrinsic worth, but for having received it from one of the family in which I spent my Boyhood days and of whom I have many Pleasant memories. I thank you for the Book and take it as a token of your good will.
Truly Yours -
Frederick Douglass
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