[Washington, D.C.]¹Lippincott added “272 New Jersey Ave” to her address 26 May 1877.

DEAR MR. DOUGLASS,

I have been trying hard ever since I received your letter²Greenwood alludes to Douglass’s letter to her, dated 20 May 1877, published earlier in this volume. to get time to reply to it. But I have been unusually hurried & worried of late you have perhaps seen the new work I am engaged in—with other friends—the bringing out what we believe to be “a bright, particular star”, dramatically speaking—Anna Boyle³Anne Boyle (?–1907) performed in Shakespearean works and comedies by other playwrights in theaters throughout the eastern United States in the late nineteenth century, and she was praised for the “intelligence” of her portrayals of characters such as Juliet and Desdemona. She married a fellow actor, W. Eugene Moore, and their daughter Gloria Moore (Hardin) became an early Hollywood star. Puck, 8 August 1877; Frederick B. Warde, (Los Angeles, Calif., 1923), 204, 212; James Lauren Ford, (New York, 1921), 193.—the 14 year old Juliet.

Your grateful feeling toward me—but it seemed to me scarcely called for. I could have done no less and [illegible] myself suspect. Even if you had not been my friend, & should have said as much for the sake of pure justice & fair play.

I wish I could see you and have a long talk—sometime after this is over.

You will see that that infamous Aiken of the “Sunday Herald,”⁴Few issues of the Washington Herald have survived, and this story could not be located. It is probable that the journalist attacking Lippincott in the Herald was Frederick A. Aiken (1832–78). Born in Massachusetts, Aiken graduated from Middlebury College and started careers in both law and journalism in Vermont. He relocated to Washington in 1860 and served as an officer in the Union army. He gained postwar notoriety while serving as a defense counsel for Mary Surratt, who was ultimately convicted and executed for her part in the Lincoln assassination. Aiken thereafter returned to journalism, working for several Washington newspapers, including the . Washington , 13 June 2012; Find a Grave (online). has pitched into me. I do not care for myself—but the paragraph may tell against me in my work of selling tickets for little Anna Boyle—just now. By the way, if you can go, or send any one to the National Theater,⁵The National Theatre is located at 1321 Pennsylvania Avenue, within a few blocks of the ex- ecutive mansion in Washington, D.C. Still open today, it is the longest-operating touring house in the United States and among the oldest cultural institutions in the nation’s capital. Founded in December 1835 by William Corcoran, it has operated under a variety of names over its long history and has been rebuilt frequently. The National Theatre hosted every president from Andrew Jackson to George W. Bush and was the scene of numerous inaugural balls. Douglas Bennett Lee, Roger L. Meersman, and Donn B. Murphy, (Lanham, Md., 1985). or Thursday—do so for my sake

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GRACE GREENWOOD

ALS: General Correspondence File, reel 3, frames 130R–37, FD Papers, DLC.