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Identifier
MSS114_B01F02_003
Creation Date
7-9-1885
Keywords
Paul Laurence Dunbar, primary sources, Black history, Black poets, prominent Ohioans
Description
Full text of letter (both pages):
Louisville, Ky
July 9, 1885
My Dear Dunbar:
Yours just at hand. Of course I am willing for you to steal as often as possible. Glad to know you found a home for the "Pied Piper." He has been a waif a long time. I have not as yet received papers. I am slightly anxious to do so. The examinations are over. They were hard indeed. Three out of 53 passed.
You may have all the pleasure of editing a paper. I read your poem with much pleasure. It is unique. Your Century poem for July is certainly a type. May you have greater success along the same line.
Mr. Watkins spoke to me the other day about you and your work. He is all praise.
Mr. McPhearson sends thanks for some manuscript you sent him. I will look after the other matter as soon as possible. It is ______ (wordy?).
All send regards to yourself and mother.
Much success to the poet and editor now hence forth & forever.
Your friend
J.S. Cotter
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Primary Item Type
Personal Correspondence
Rights
This item is part of the Paul Laurence Dunbar Collection, which belongs to the Ohio History Connection, headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, visit http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information. The collection contains items from 219 N. Summit St., Dayton, Ohio (later 219 N. Paul Laurence Dunbar St.), the home Dunbar purchased for his mother, Matilda J. Dunbar, in 1904. Paul Laurence Dunbar lived there until his death in 1906; Matilda lived there until her death in 1934. It is now part of the Paul Laurence Dunbar House Historic Site, which is operated by the National Park Service in partnership with the Ohio History Connection.
Keywords
Paul Laurence Dunbar, primary sources, Black history, Black poets, prominent Ohioans
