Munger, B. Letter to Sojourner Truth.

Title

Munger, B. Letter to Sojourner Truth.

Creator

Munger, B

Contributor

Sojourner Truth

Date

1867-03-19

Description

Handwritten letter from B. Munger 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

1616

Location

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

Transcription

(Page 1)

      Canandaigua March 19. 1867

Sojourner Truth
   Dr Madam
      I saw
in a Rochester paper your proposition
to furnish families &c with labourers
I want a woman as cook & general house
worker in a family of three persons
If your time is not too much occupied
please answer stating whether you can
procure such an [sic] one and at what time

   Very Respectfully Yours

   B. Munger

Tags

Domestic Servants; Freed Slaves

Collection

D.93 Isaac and Amy Post Family Papers

Citation

Munger, B, “Munger, B. Letter to Sojourner Truth.,” RBSCP Exhibits, accessed November 22, 2024, https://rbscpexhibits.lib.rochester.edu/items/show/3903.

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