James R. Johnson to Frederick Douglass, October 3, 1851
The Missionary Home.
Those who have contributed for the Home, will accept thanks; and such, and others who take an interest in the object, are informed that $120 have been paid; the remaining 80, to complete the first payment (200,) can be canceled in three equal payments—Nov. 1st, Dec. 1st, and Jan. 1st. So there is ample opportunity for others to take shares. There is encouraging prospect of success.
J. R. J.Johnson, James Rawson
Probably the frequent correspondent of Frederick Douglass’ Paper, James Rawson Johnson, an African American abolitionist from Syracuse, New York. Johnson was a supporter of the Liberty party and the religious abolitionist cause, as well as hydropathy. FDP, 26 June, 11 September, 9 October 1851, 1 January, 12, 26 February, 25 March, 8 April, 20 May, 9 July, 15 October 1852; DouglassPapers, ser. 3, 1:582-84, 587-88, 590-92, 596, 599.
Syracuse, Oct. 3d, 1851.
