FREDERICK DOUGLASS Unusual deed signed as United States Mars

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FREDERICK DOUGLASS. Unusual deed signed as United States Marshal of the District of Columbia. Document Signed "Fred'k Douglass" and by several other clerks and witnesses, 4 pages on 2 detached sheets of lined paper, 12 1/4 x 8 inches; minor wear, short separations at folds, slight smudging to signature. Washington, DC, 20 November 1878

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Douglass served as the United States Marshal for the District of Columbia from 1877 to 1881. His signature as Recorder of Deeds from 1881 onward is more often seen, but we are aware of only one other document signed in his official capacity as Marshal.

This document explains that Clayton B. Rogers had successfully sued a defendant on 18 October 1878, causing three parcels of land to be put up for public auction, where Rogers was then able to purchase the property for $380. Douglass thus deeds the property over to Rogers in his official capacity.