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rope manufacturer in Fells Point. His long, low, and narrow shop was located at the
intersection of Thames and Bond streets. Matchett's Baltimore Directory for 1827,
214; Matchett's Baltimore Director[y] . . . 1835–6, 211.
96.3–4/168.5 Rev. Beverly Waugh] Beverly Waugh (1789–1858) was the son
of a substantial farmer from Fairfax County, Virginia. He became a traveling
preacher for the Baltimore Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1809,
a deacon in 1811, and an elder in 1813. Douglass probably first met Waugh in 1827,
when the minister was the presiding elder of the East Baltimore Station, which in-
cluded the Wilks Street Church attended by the Hugh Auld family. In 1836 Waugh
was elected a bishop by the General Conference, and in 1852 he became senior
bishop of the church. H. B. Ridgaway, "Beverly Waugh," in Lives of Methodist
Bishops, ed. Theodore L. Flood and John W. Hamilton (New York, 1882), 225–62:
DAB, 19: 558.
96.34/169.16 All things are possible] Douglass quotes Matt. 19:26; Mark
9:23, 10:27.
96.35/169.17 "Ask, and it shall he given."] Matt. 7:7.
96.35–36/169.17–19 "If you want . . . GIVE IT TO YOU."] Douglass possibly
adapts Matt. 7:7–8.
97.3/169.27 Mr. Waters] George P. Waters was a ship chandler and grocer
who operated both of his businesses near the wharf he owned at the south end of
Fell Street in Fells Point. Matchett's Baltimore Director[y] . . . 1833, 189, 15
(street register); Matchett's Baltimore Director[y] . . . 1835–6, 267; Lucas, Plan of
the City of Baltimore.
97.4/169.28 large scow of stone] A large flat-bottomed boat propelled by a
pole.
98.23/172.17 Methodist hymn book] Douglass probably had a copy of the
standard hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal church, which was published in vari-
ous locations in the 1800s. Methodist Episcopal Church, A Collection of Hynms for
the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Principally from the collection of the
Rev. John Wesley (New York, 1844).
99.17–18/174.1–2 my old master himself died] Aaron Anthony died on 14
November 1826. Preston, Young Frederick Douglass, 30.
99.26/174.12 division of slaves] Aaron Anthony's heirs, Richard Anthony,
Andrew Anthony, and Thomas Auld, agreed to the division of his slaves on 27 Sep-
tember 1827. Twenty-eight slaves, including Frederick Douglass, constituted the
division and were valued at $2,805. Frederick was among the slaves awarded to
Thomas Auld, widower of Lucretia Anthony Auld. Aaron Anthony, Distribution of
Negroes, folder 77, Dodge Collection, MdAA; Aaron Anthony Slave Distribution,
22 October 1827, Talbot County Distributions, V.JP#D, 58–59, MdTCH.
100.22/175.28–29 hay-mow] A stack of hay, or a hay-shed or barn, or the
compartment of a barn in which hay is stored.
102.29/179.17 Amanda] Born in Hillsborough, Maryland, Arianna Amanda