Frederick Douglass, the Orator - Monroe County Library System

Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County · Historic Monographs Collection
LIFE OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS. 2O5
with instructions to convey the same with her
compliments to his father, Frederick Douglass,
then residing in Rochester. In 1871, having
been detailed to accompany as clerk the annexation
commissioners to Santo Domingo, he made
with them the tour of the Island of Hayti and
Santo Domingo. Four years after this he was
appointed by President Grant United States
Consul to Pureto, Santo Domingo, resigning in
1878 by reason of the last illness and death of
his wife. Returning to America he settled in
Corona, New York, where he was for a time
engaged in the West India commission business.
December 30, 1880, he married Miss Laura A.
Haley of Canandaigua, N. Y., and two years later
was appointed an examiner in the Pension Bureau,
where he is at present employed.
Since residing in Washington, Mr. Douglass
has held several important commands in the
District National Guard, has been a member of
the staff of three commanders-in-chief of the
Grand Army of the Republic, and is at present
major, commanding the Capital City Guard Corps,
an independent military organization of Washington.
Before the consolidation of the city
and county schools, from 1871 to 1874, he was
secretary and treasurer of the county schools,
filling during the same period the position of
school trustee. In this latter position he was