Lucretia Smith collection, 1870-1938.

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Lucretia Smith collection, 1870-1938.

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Newspaper clippings of poetry, obituaries (including that of Frederick Douglass), a volcano eruption in Sonora (Mexico), financial predictions, and household tips; also a manuscript poem.

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New York State Historical Documents Inventory

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New York State Historical Documents Inventory

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Smith, Lucretia W.

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Genealogist, of New London, Conn. From the description of Lucretia W. Smith collection of genealogical information on Connecticut families, 1889-1909. (New London County Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 166428936 From the description of Letter to Lucretia W. Smith concerning the Crocker family, 1904. (New London County Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 163567594 ...

Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895

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Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey was born into slavery on the Eastern Shore of Maryland in 1818. He barely knew his mother, who lived on a different plantation and died when he was a young child and never discovered the identity of his father. When he turned eight years old, his slaveowner hired him out to work as a body servant in Baltimore. At an early age, Frederick realized there was a connection between literacy and freedom. Not allowed to attend school, he taught himself to read and wr...