Autograph Manuscript Signed, comprising his list of men recruited for the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment and an account of his travels and the resulting expenses in that effort.
Edité par Various places, 1863
- Éd. originale
- Signé
- Livre relié
- Occasion
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This newly discovered manuscript documents the realization of Frederick Douglass s dream that Black soldiers would fight for the cause of freedom in the Civil War. In this manuscript Douglass recruits African-American men to serve in the newly organized 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment. One of the first Black units in the Army, the 54th Massachusetts quickly became the most celebrated Black regiment of the war. The Emancipation Proclamation of January 1, 1863 opened the way for Black men to fight for the Union cause. Frederick Douglass, who called the Proclamation the greatest event of the century, helped lead the effort to mobilize African-Americans to fight in the war. He wrote, A war undertaken and brazenly carried on for the perpetual enslavement of colored men calls logically and loudly for colored men to help suppress it. To Douglass, fighting in the war would help cement the claim of Black Americans to full citizenship. In March Douglass launched an extensive tour of New York, delivering his Men of Color, to Arms, to Arms! speech and enlisting recruits for the now-celebrated 54th Massachusetts Infantry. This previously unknown manuscript documents that recruiting drive. The first six pages cover March and April, when the recruits for the 54th Mass. were being enlisted. Douglass records his recruiting trips, associated travel and communication expenses, and the transport, lodging, medical, and food expenses for enlistees. Fellow abolitionist George Luther Stearns, who had backed John Brown s raid on Harper s Ferry in 1859, paid the considerable expenses of this recruitment effort. These accounts also note the cash Douglass received from Stearns and from Gerrit Smith, another of Brown s backers. An entry signed by Stearns commemorates a face to face meeting: Buffalo April 13/63 / Settled to date / George L. Stearns. The seventh page records Douglas s expenses incurred in Pennsylvania and Ohio from late June to early August. The final six pages list the names of the men Douglass recruited (including those of his own sons Charles and Lewis) as well as the names of their hometowns (New York City, Albany, Rochester, Syracuse, Binghamton, and Elmira). Most of the manuscript is in Douglass s hand; a few of the later entries may be in another hand. In the end, Douglass personally recruited more than 100 men, as shown in this manuscript. This remarkable manuscript represents a defining moment in the life and work of Frederick Douglass. Here he achieves his long-held goal of seizing full citizenship for African Americans by fighting for their own freedom to end the war and slavery. Significant Frederick Douglass manuscripts are of the greatest rarity in the market. The survival of this manuscript has been unknown until now. Neither the Douglass Papers at the Library of Congress nor the Calendar of the Writings of Frederick Douglass in the Frederick Douglass Memorial Home, Anacostia, D.C. (1940) shows any trace of this manuscript. Likewise the papers of the Frederick Douglass Memorial and Historical Association in the Library of Congress Manuscript Division reveal no reference to the manuscript. The Douglass Papers Provenance, Publication History, and Scope and Contents essay on the LC website states, In 1945, as a safeguard against their accidental destruction or future dispersal, the Library of Congress filmed the Douglass papers then at the home. Since that time, some items have become separated from the collection. The Douglass Papers were transferred to the National Park Service in 1962 and then to the Library of Congress in 1972. 12mo. 12 manuscript pages in a 40-page ruled pocket notebook. Original sheep inscribed on upper cover, possibly in Douglass s hand, F. Douglass s / Account with G.[eorge] L.[uther] S.[tearns] / 54th Regiment Mass. Rubbed, some staining, signs of handling and use.…
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Détails bibliographiques
- Titre
- Autograph Manuscript Signed, comprising his list of men recruited for the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment and an account of his travels and the resulting expenses in that effort.
- Auteur
- DOUGLASS, FREDERICK
- Éditeur
- Various places
- Année de publication
- 1863
- État de l'article
- Very Good
- Signé
- Signed by Author(s)
- Reliure
- Hardcover
- Édition
- 1st Edition
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We offer the highest quality rare books and manuscripts of all ages in literature, Americana, history, economics, science and philosophy. We have helped to develop fine private and institutional libraries around the world. Our clients include America's leading private collectors and prominent university libraries, and books from our stock now reside in the collections of many important institutions, leading figures in science and commerce, as well as world leaders such as President Clinton, Pope John Paul II, Netanyahu, Gorbachev, and Major. In recent years we have placed with our clients a wide range of great books and manuscripts including the first editions of Machiavelli's The Prince, the King James Bible, Milton's Paradise Lost, Paine's Common Sense, Jefferson's Notes on Virginia, Whitman's Leaves of Grass, and Joyce's Ulysses. Collection development is our specialty. We offer both beginning and advanced collectors a wide range of services including collection consultation, bibliographical research and representation at auction. We are always interested in buying fine books and collections.…
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