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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03893.01 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to the 1870s |
| Title | Frederick Douglass to Christopher C. Sniffen arranging an appointment |
| Date | 19 May 1876 |
| Author | Douglass, Frederick (1818-1895) |
| Recipient | Sniffen, Christopher C. |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Douglass writes to Sniffen, secretary for President Ulysses S. Grant. Informs Sniffen, "it will be convenient for me to call at the Executive Mansion on Monday Morning, and if I learn nothing from you meanwhile requesting otherwise I will call on Monday at eleven o. clock am." |
| Subjects | President African American History Reform Movement |
| People | Douglass, Frederick (1818-1895) Sniffen, C. C. (fl. 1876) Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) (1822-1885) |
| Place written | Washington, D.C. |
| Theme | Reconstruction; Government & Politics; African Americans |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Additional Information | President Hayes named Douglass Marshal of the District of Columbia. The Presidential appointment made Douglass the first black man to hold a position requiring Senate approval. William S. McFeely, Frederick Douglass (New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 1991): 289. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
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