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(Circular) North Star Office, Rochester : my dear friend: your deep interest in the cause of the perishing slave, and in the improvement and elevation of the nominally free colored people of our land, is my apology for invoking your aid and assistance in the work of extending the circulation of the North star
Title
(Circular) North Star Office, Rochester : my dear friend: your deep interest in the cause of the perishing slave, and in the improvement and elevation of the nominally free colored people of our land, is my apology for invoking your aid and assistance in the work of extending the circulation of the North star.
Publication
[Rochester, New York] : [North Star Office], [1850]
Physical Description
1 folded sheet (4 unnumbered pages) ; 26 cm
Local Notes
BEIN BrSides Box 2022 2: Manuscript letter on page [3] from Julia Griffiths, dated, "Rochester, Sept. 18th." Manuscript address of Dr. Bardee [i.e., Dr. Henry Barden], postmark stamp, and wax seal remnant on page [4].
Notes
Circular letter soliciting additional subscribers for the publication of the North star, a newspaper edited by Frederick Douglass.
Title from caption and opening lines of text.
Signed at end: Frederick Douglass.
The North star began publication in 1847, and the letter mentions that the newspaper is in its third volume, which began in December 1849, giving this a likely publication date of 1850.
Printed on page [1] only.
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 27, 2022
Subjects
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United States New York (State) Rochester.
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