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Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895 to Mary Todd Lincoln

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02474 Author/Creator: Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895 Place Written: Rochester, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 17 August 1865 Pagination: Order a Copy PDF Download(s): Download PDF

Douglass thanks Lincoln for former President Abraham Lincoln's walking stick. Notes that the gift is not merely a memento, but is an "inclination of his humane interest" in the "welfare of my whole race." Accompanied by a small newspaper clipping and a black and white bust engraving of Douglass.

Lincoln, Mary Todd, 1818-1882
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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