Green, Baldwin. Letter to Sojourner Truth.

Title

Green, Baldwin. Letter to Sojourner Truth.

Creator

Green, Baldwin

Contributor

Sojourner Truth

Date

1867-03-16

Description

Handwritten letter from Baldwin Green 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

1609

Location

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

Transcription

(Page 1)

            Victor March 16^th/67

     Sojourner Truth
I see in the Rochester Express
that you are furnishing the
People with Freedmen and
women      I will say to you
I want a girl to work in
a farmers house to do all
kinds of household affairs
such as washing ironing
   baking cooking &c one that
    has had some experience in
     such affairs and I will try
    one
                        Baldwin Green

                   Victor Ontario
                                          Co
                                        N.Y

Tags

Domestic Servants; Freed Slaves

Collection

D.93 Isaac and Amy Post Family Papers

Citation

Green, Baldwin, “Green, Baldwin. Letter to Sojourner Truth.,” RBSCP Exhibits, accessed November 24, 2024, https://rclomeka2.lib.rochester.edu/items/show/3896.

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