- Written by
- Douglass, Frederick, American, 1818 - 1895
- Subject of
- Creswell, John Andrew Jackson, American, 1828 - 1891
- Printed by
- Freedmen's Savings and Trust Company, American, 1865 - 1874
- Subject of
- Purvis, Robert, American, 1810 - 1898
- Leipold, R.H.T., American
- Date
- 1874
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 10 1/16 × 7 15/16 in. (25.6 × 20.2 cm)
- Description
- A letter written by Frederick Douglass to the Honorable J.A.J. Creswell on Freedmen's Savings Bank letterhead. The letterhead is pre-printed at top center in decorative black font and reads [Principal Office / of the / Freedman's Savings / and / Trust Company, / Washington, D.C., July 3, 1874]. The paper is off-white and lined in faint blue. The rest of the letter is handwritten in black ink. It is addressed at top left [Hon. J.A.J. Creswell, / Washington, D.C.]. On the back along the top right margin is a handwritten notation in cursive that reads “Fredk. Douglass/ July 3rd 74.”
- Transcription Center Status
- Transcription Available
- Place made
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Documents and Manuscripts
- Type
- business letters
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2021.58.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




