Papers, 1840-1909 bulk 1840-1876.

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Papers, 1840-1909 bulk 1840-1876.

Three volumes written by Hodges while a student at The Talcott School in Lanesborough, Mass.: two composition books, 1840-1849 and 1843-1850, and a diary (Journal No. 3), 1842, containing references to speeches by Frederick Douglass at the school. Six letters written to Hodges between 1857 and 1876. Also three photocopies of family and genealogical information copied from printed sources, including a photograph of a picture of Hodges as a child.

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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...

Talcott School (Lanesborough, Mass.)

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Hodges, Danforth Comstock, b. 1831.

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Born in Providence, R.I., and lived there, except for time in boarding school, until moving to Boston in 1848. From the description of Papers, 1840-1909 bulk 1840-1876. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 15808857 ...