Hoag, Daniel B. Letter to Sojourner Truth.

Title

Hoag, Daniel B. Letter to Sojourner Truth.

Creator

Hoag, Daniel B

Contributor

Sojourner Truth

Date

1867-03-16

Description

Handwritten letter from Daniel B Hoag to Sojourner Truth. This letter is one of a number of responses Truth received after placing an advertisement in two Rochester newspapers to find jobs in New York State for freed men and women living in Washington D.C.

Subject

Truth, Sojourner, d. 1883

Is Part Of

Isaac and Amy Post Family Papers

Rights

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Identifier

1610

Location

Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation, River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester

Transcription

(Page 1)

                                       /67
         Macedon Center March 16

Sojourner Truth
                        I am glad
to learn that thare [sic] is to be some
of the Freedmen sent hare [sic]
to git [sic] employment I am a
farmer on a small schale [sic] &
I would be glad to git [sic] one
a young man that can
work on a farm & handle
a team , will pay him
what he can earn & will
come out & see them if I
   hear when they arrive at
   Rochester
                     I remain yours &c
                             Daniel B Hoag

Macedon Center
    Wayne Conty [sic]
               NY

Tags

Agriculture; Freed Slaves

Collection

D.93 Isaac and Amy Post Family Papers

Citation

Hoag, Daniel B, “Hoag, Daniel B. Letter to Sojourner Truth.,” RBSCP Exhibits, accessed November 21, 2024, https://rbscpexhibits.lib.rochester.edu/items/show/3897.

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