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Rebecca Williamson to Frederick Douglass, April 24, 1858

Boston. April 24th 1858

Dear Sir:

I sent a letter to you some weeks since, requesting the withdrawal of my name from your subscription List, and enclosed therein, eight Postage Stamps, (those being more conviently enclosed in a Letter than Silver coin) to pay for the three or four papers which I received after the expiration of my year, which was about the last of February I think. But on going to the Post-Office the other day, I found the papers had been sent the same as before, and therefore concluded that you did not receive my letter.

I reside far from the Post office that the papers frequently remain in the office some weeks before I am

able to get them, and numbers are frequently lost. I therefore thought I would discontinue the paper until I was ever more favorably situated, which I hope may be before a great while.

Will you be kind enough to write and let me know if you received the other letter, and how much I still owe you.

I enclose an envelope superscribed for that purpose

Yours, very Respectfully,

Rebecca Williamson

To

Frederick Douglass Esq.

Rochester, N. Y.

Creator

Williamson, Rebecca

Date

April 24, 1858

Description

Rebecca Williamson to Frederick Douglass. ALS: General Correspondence File, reel 1, frames 664-65, Frederick Douglass Papers, DLC. Notifies Douglass of subscription cancellation.

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Unpublished