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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02474 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865 |
| Title | Frederick Douglass to Mary Todd Lincoln thanking Lincoln for former President Abraham Lincoln's walking stick |
| Date | August 17, 1865 |
| Author | Douglass, Frederick (1818-1895) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | 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. |
| Subjects | African American History Slavery First Lady Gift President |
| People | Lincoln, Mary Todd (1818-1882) Douglass, Frederick (1818-1895) Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) |
| Place written | Rochester, New York |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Slavery & Abolition |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
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