Transcribe Douglass, Frederick. Letter to Ward, Henry A (1874-09-23)

at Wilberforce and worth a great deal more money than you will charge for that work, but how to het the money is the troublesome questions here as elsewhere. If I were able I would gladly make the donation of $1,200 myself, but I am not able. I am a Trustee of Howard University and on the committee for raising means for the support of that institution, but I am not for that reason, the less interested in the success of Wilberforce and other colleges open to colored youth. Besides I am acquainted with Bishop Payne and know him as an earnest and faithful worker for the education