Letter Signed by Frederick Douglass on Freedmen's Savings Bank letterhead
date: label: Date
content: 1874
name: label: Written by
content: Frederick Douglass, American, 1818 - 1895
label: Subject of
content: John Andrew Jackson Creswell, American, 1828 - 1891
label: Printed by
content: Freedmen's Savings and Trust Company, American, 1865 - 1874
label: Subject of
content: Robert Purvis, American, 1810 - 1898
label: Subject of
content: R.H.T. Leipold, American
notes: label: Description
content: A letter written by Frederick Douglass to the Honorable J.A.J. Creswell on Freedmen's Savings Bank letterhead. The letterhead is pre-printed at top center in decorative black font and reads [Principal Office / of the / Freedman's Savings / and / Trust Company, / Washington, D.C., July 3, 1874]. The paper is off-white and lined in faint blue. The rest of the letter is handwritten in black ink. It is addressed at top left [Hon. J.A.J. Creswell, / Washington, D.C.]. On the back along the top right margin is a handwritten notation in cursive that reads “Fredk. Douglass/ July 3rd 74.”
label: Transcription Center Status
content: Transcribed by digital volunteers
place: label: Place made
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Correspondence
label: Topic
content: Finance
label: Topic
content: Reconstruction, U.S. History, 1865-1877
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Documents and Manuscripts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2021.58.2
objectType: label: Type
content: business letters
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 10 1/16 × 7 15/16 in. (25.6 × 20.2 cm)