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Frederick Douglass Encourages Writing on John Brown
FREDERICK DOUGLASS,
Autograph Letter Signed to unknown correspondent. Washington, D.C., November 28, [no year]. 1 p.
Douglass suggests to the author of a work on John Brown, the abolitionist crusader who attempted to incite a slave rebellion in Virginia in 1859, that she attempt to have her lines published in a popular magazine. “I know of no better way to have the value of your lines on John Brown tested and made available than by offering them for publication …”
Item #21439.03, $10,500
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Frederick Douglass Signed Deed
FREDERICK DOUGLASS,
Document Signed as Recorder of Deeds, Washington, D.C., 1881-1886. Approx. 3½ x 8½” folded.
Image shown is a sample. To request an image of the deed currently available please email us at info@sethkaller.com
While Douglass’s letters are scarce, documents signed during his tenure as recorder of deeds for the District of Columbia can be had very reasonably.
Item #20409u, $495
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Frederick Douglass Signed Deed
FREDERICK DOUGLASS,
Document Signed as recorder of deeds, Washington, D.C., 1881-1886. Approx. 3½ x 8½” folded. Sample Frame pictured.
While Douglass’s letters are scarce, documents signed during his tenure as recorder of deeds for the District of Columbia can be had very reasonably.
Item #20409, $895
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Civil War Hero David Dixon Porter
Expresses Support for the Chinese in a Time of Hostility
DAVID DIXON PORTER,
Autograph Letter Signed, to “Reverend Dr. Newman.” Washington, D.C., March 14, 1879. 3 pp., 5 x 8 in.
“As you and I have both expressed friendly sentiments towards the citizens of the Flowery Kingdom, we may hope to be in high favor should we live till that time.”
Item #22730, $950
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A Receipt Signed by Suffragette Carrie Chapman Catt
CARRIE CHAPMAN CATT,
Autograph Document Signed. Check. N.Y., December 31, 1899. 1 p.
Item #21678.22, $400
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Belva Lockwood Signed Card
BELVA LOCKWOOD,
Autograph Endorsement Signed. Archivally framed with an image and brass plaque.
Item #23083, $900
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A Map of the Baruch College Area of New York City
ALEXANDER STEWART WEBB,
Autograph Letter Signed “Webb,” as President of City College of New York, to General F.A. Walker. New York, N.Y. March 20, 1888. 3 pp., 8 3/8 x 13 in. With holograph map.
Stewart sending thanks, urging General Walker to visit.
Item #22259, $1,250
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Blanche Bruce, The First Full-term African American U.S. Senator Signs a Deed
BLANCHE BRUCE,
Document Signed. Land deed. Washington, D.C. October 2, 1890. Signature panel 8¼ x 3½ in., overall dimensions 8¼ x 14 in.
Blanche Bruce was the first full-term African American to serve in the U.S. Senate, 1875-1881. He was then appointed by President James Garfield as Register of the U.S. Treasury in 1881. He later served as the Washington, D.C. Recorder of Deeds (a position earlier held by Frederick Douglass), 1890-1893 and again as Register of the Treasury from 1897 until his death in 1898.
Item #22945.18, $125
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