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Rochester. Aug. 5.

My dear Friend Tilton:

Not with a [illegible] to be past [illegible] Congress—though I should not object to that, I shall send you are article tomorrow which if you deem good enough for the place and the time, you may insert in the Columns of your grand Independent. I thank you for the suggestion and take pleasure, in responding to it—

Love to your Dear Mrs T. and all the precious little Ts—now rising between you.

Your friend

Frederick Douglass