Jacob R. J——.

FRIEND DOUGLASS:—There is a colored
man on Long Island who has been fifteeen
years on the same family. His name is
Jacob R. J.——. He has a salary of $375 a
year, beside special privileges. He has ex
cellent business talents—has a neat house—a neat wife—a daughter 19 years of age, well
educated. It did me good to have him give
me his name for your paper.

Yours, 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.

Hempstead, L. I., Nov. 3d