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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC05312 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to the 1870s |
| Title | Frederick Douglass to T. R. H. Johnson regarding The Monthly Elevator |
| Date | ca. 23 August 1876 |
| Author | Douglass, Frederick (1818-1895) |
| Recipient | Johnson, T.R.H. |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | No year cited, but preliminary research suggests the year of publication. Thanks Johnson, editor of The Monthly Elevator, for a bound volume recently sent. Remarks that the Elevator, an African American journal, is "laying the foundation of a literature which will in time reflect credit upon our long oppressed and benighted people." A pencil note at the top states, "An Encouraging word from Hon. Frederick Douglass." Enveloped addressed to Johnson in Washington, Pennsylvania. Includes a three cent stamp. |
| Subjects | African American History Literature and Language Arts Journalism |
| People | Douglass, Frederick (1818-1895) Johnson, T.R.H. (fl. 1876) |
| Place written | Washington, D.C. |
| Theme | African Americans; Arts & Literature |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
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