Gerrit Smith to Frederick Douglass, November 7, 1865
Peterboro
Nov 7 65
[Tuesday AM?]
My dr Douglass,
I have read your letter to Wilson. I had previously read your letter to Grant.
Some people hold to the virtue of Annihilation. You are worse than they are. You, are [practising?] Annihilation. You mean to leave nothing of them. Not "hide nor hair" will escape your distinctive logic.
This is Election Day. I mean to vote for such of the Republican Candidates as I have reason to believe are [found?] in Freedom & Temperance & for no other candidates—
Your friend
Gerrit Smith
Creator
Smith, Gerrit
Date
November 7, 1865
Description
Gerrit Smith to Frederick Douglass. ALS: General Correspondence File, reel 2, frames 163, Frederick Douglass Papers, DLC. Applauds his recent public letters to Republican politicians.
Publisher
This document was calendared in the published volume and has not been published in full before.
Collection
Library of Congress, Frederick Douglass Papers
Type
Letters
Publication Status
Unpublished