CHARLES HAPP¹A thorough search of the 1855 New York Census and the 1860 U.S. Census uncovered no indication of a Charles Happ living in Auburn, New York, at the time this letter was written. Franklin B. Hough, (Albany, N.Y., 1857); Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census 1860, Returns for the State of New York (Washington, D.C., 1864). TO FREDERICK DOUGLASS

Auburn, [N.Y.] 15 Oct[ober] 1860.

Mr. F. DOUGLASS:—

DEAR SIR—

I take the opportunity to address you a few lines as follows. I have been
informed that you had an onely daughter and that you desire her to marry
a whight man; whereupon you giv $15,000 or $20,000 dollars to any re
spectable whight man that would marry her and cherish her through life.
If there is any truth in this report, P. S. let me know and I will marry your
daughter on these conditions, and will endeavor to make myself agreeable.

Yours respectfully,
CHARLES HAPP.

PLSr: Rochester , 17 October 1860. Reprinted in New York ,
7 November 1860; ., 9 November 1860; , 10 November 1860.