Rochester: Nov 9^th 1870

Dear Mrs. Langdon:

Pardon the liberty, but as one who nearly thirty years age, learned something of the noble character of your lamented Husband, I beg you to allow me to enroll myself among the many who to day hold his name and history in grateful memory. If I had never seen nor heard of Mr Langdon since the days that you and himself made me welcome under your roof in Millport, I should never have forgotten either of you. Those were times of ineffaceable memories with me, and I have carried the name of Gervis Langdon with me ever since. The record of his life as given in the address of his Pastor has touched me deeply—and hence these few words. Please give my thanks to your Dear son for sending me a copy of that address.

Very truly with great Respect

Fredrick Douglass