The Promissory Note that I reviewed was issued September 1st, 1868 in Washington D.C. It is a promise note from Charles R. Douglass to pay back Frederick Douglass the amount of $300. This would have been an extremely large amount of money which indicates that the person who was borrowing the money was someone Frederick Douglass trusted immensely. He granted a period of two years for the borrower to repay him. He was both confident in, and sympathetic to Charles R. Douglass. The questions that this artifact provokes are: who was Charles R. Douglass in relation to Frederick, and for what is this money being used? These questions could be broader to include: what major events were happening in D.C. at the time? Charles R. Douglass was the youngest son of Frederick Douglass. Despite not being able to find an exact explanation as to what the money was for, I found that Charles was enlisted in the army until around that time. There are three stamps at the top of the note. Questions this may incite would be about where it was stamped and why. It could be an official bank that issued the note, leaving the stamps for proof of legitimacy. This illustrates the graciousness of Douglass for lending money for various causes, especially during the time after the Civil War, where many people looked to him for guidance and support.