Frederick Douglass Quote

I assure you, that this inestimable memento of his Excellency will be retained in my possession while I live — an object of sacred interest — a token not merely of the kind consideration in which I have reason to know that the President was pleased to hold me personally, but as an indication of his humane interest in the welfare of my whole race.


Letter to Mary Todd Lincoln (17 August 1865).


I assure you, that this inestimable memento of his Excellency will be retained in my possession while I live — an object of sacred interest — a...

I assure you, that this inestimable memento of his Excellency will be retained in my possession while I live — an object of sacred interest — a...

I assure you, that this inestimable memento of his Excellency will be retained in my possession while I live — an object of sacred interest — a...

I assure you, that this inestimable memento of his Excellency will be retained in my possession while I live — an object of sacred interest — a...