(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

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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > (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

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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
Alternative Title: My dear friend your deep interest in the cause of the perishing slave ...
Creator: Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895, author
Contributor: Griffiths, Julia, -1895, author.
Published / Created: [1850]
Publication Place: Rochester, New York and United States New York (State) Rochester
Publisher: North Star Office
Description: 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].
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.
Extent: 1 folded sheet (4 unnumbered pages) ; 26 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Collection Information

Repository: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number: BrSides Box 2022 2

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Resource Type: text
Subject (Topic): African American press
African Americans
Social conditions
Subjects: North star (Rochester, N.Y.)
African American press
African Americans > Social conditions
Griffiths, Julia, -1895 > Ms. notes
Griffiths, Julia, -1895 > Autograph
Barden, Henry > Ownership

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Identifiers

Orbis Record: 16124660
Object ID (OID): 32471778