1857 Letter from Edward Wilmot Blyden Concerning An Apology for the African Race, Alexander Crummell, and a Proposed History of Liberia: “ if I cannot do much for my race, I will write, and write and write…”
Monrovia, Liberia: April 16, 1857. Autograph letter signed, 10 ½ x 8 ¼ inches. 4 pp. on bifolium, addressed to Benjamin Coates of Philadelphia. Black circular “Phila by Packet, May 29, paid,” additional manuscript postmark “Via England / Rev. ….. “. A letter from Edward Wilmot Blyden, written at the.....