15. Grove Terrace.

Leeds. Aug^st 28^th

My dear Frederick/

I was intending to write to you the coming week, by a Canadian friend of D^r. C. who sails from Quebec on the 4^th Sep^tr but M^rs. Maxwell charges me with the immediate business of requesting their 4 Clogher SocietyThe Clogher, Ireland, and Anti-Slavery Association

papers to be stopped in Oct^tr, that is, at once: & delay, with such an impatient body, as she is, is dangerous—so I write by "the first mail" which sails since her nonsensical letter reached me—"The war" is the alleged reason for stopping the Papers—Pray write an article, in your Monthly, to show the necessity of continued exertions in the cause of the slave—You can manage such an article well; & sound

of the kind, is needed to stir up our people, in the right direction—

Who do you think walked in to number 15 last Thursday afternoon, & took tea with us, & came, by the doctor's invitation—to discuss next day? Prof. Allen—I really was surprized to see him—He had come to see Mr. W. Armistead—& was on his way to London—Among other things he asked me whether your son was married to Loguen's daughter?—He understood they were engaged—Is it so?—I do hope Freddy will not marry until he can support a wife!—Are the boys yet in the office? & Charlie at the family work? & Rose in Philadelphia?—Do tell me all the news when you next write my dear friend—you know how interested I ever feel about the hill house & its inmates—So, write soon

Your 4^th July oration is a desirable able, dauntless & fearless—I do trust you may not be injured by its utterance—I pray you do not venture South—& never you attempt to fight with the sword—the pen is your weapon! Let the Americans kill one another—You have no country to fight for, dear Frederick—God is fighting against the Americans—his retributive justice is distinctly visible—look to Him—trust in Him—He is ever the God of the oppressed—not of the oppressor

I have been very poorly of late—with a return of my old heart malady & tic in the
throat & neck—I am under medical care—am taking steel three times a day; & bitter beer—My AuntGriffiths, Mary Powis

Mary Powis Griffiths (c. 1789–1877), with whom Julia Griffiths; her husband, the Reverend Henry O. Crofts; and three stepdaughters (Elizabeth, Saley, and Martha Crofts) were sharing their home in both 1861 and 1871. 1861 England Census, Halifax, Yorkshire, 110; 1871 England Census, Gateshead, Durham County, 41; Janet Douglas, “A Cherished Friendship: Julia Griffiths Crofts and Frederick Douglass,” Slavery and Abolition, 33:265–74 (June 2012). & LizzieCrofts, Elizabeth Ann "Lizzie"

have been at Ilkley nearly a month—I hope to spend next week there, on the Moors, & hope to get my nerves healed up for winter, once more—

I hope to write to you next week by our friend, Rev. James Caswell—in whom you would find a kindred spirit. I hope he may see you some time—He has lived 10 years in Canada & was 7 years there with D^r. C.—

Please, dear Frederick remember me most kindly to M^rs. D^r. & all the children—& all inquiring friends—there is only MattyCrofts, Martha "Mattie" Nichol

here to join me in kind love to yourself—D^r. C.Crofts, Henry O.

is at Ainsley—He is covering [illegible] the Presidential year has passed—May God bless you, & keep you, & guard you from all danger—temporal & spiritual, prays your ever faithful & affectionate friend

Julia G. Crofts—