Frederick Douglass, the Orator - Monroe County Library System

Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County · Historic Monographs Collection
252 LIFE OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS.
Prof. J. W- Cromwell now read a number of
letters from prominent persons, expressing their
sorrow caused by the death of the great man, and
regretting their inability to attend the funeral.
The Rev. Anna Shaw then offered a fervent
prayer.
The services were closed with the benediction
by Bishop R. S. Williams of the C. M. E. Church
of America.
At 5.30 o'clock the casket containing the
remains was borne by the pallbearers from the
church to the hearse. The military escort, consisting
of the Capital City Guards and a
detachment of one hundred and fifty men of the
colored camps of the Grand Army of the Republic,
quickly formed into line, and the procession
moved slowly to the depot. Arriving there the
body was placed under military guard until the
hour of 7.20, when it was carried over the Pennsylvania
railroad to Rochester, New York, for
interment.