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Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895 [Resignation as the Director and President of the Freedom Manufacturing Company]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08948.01 Author/Creator: Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph note signed Date: 1893 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 14 cm, Width: 23.2 cm Order a Copy

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

Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895

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