Letter: D.W. Butler to Paul Laurence Dunbar

Creator

Ohio History Connection
D. W. Butler

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Identifier

MSS114_B01F03_007

Creation Date

8-20-1894

Keywords

Paul Laurence Dunbar, primary sources, Black history, Black poets, prominent Ohioans

Description

Text of letter:

Wyoming Augt. 20th 1894

Bro. Dunbar

Dear Sir.

Your letter is at hand and contents considered. I should like very much to give you a date before the ________ of our conference but I see the way I have my _______ arranged that I cannot so arrange before conference. I wish you much success in your profession.

Yours, D.W. Butler

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Primary Item Type

Business Correspondence

Rights

This item is part of the Paul Laurence Dunbar House collection at Ohio History Connection, Columbus, Ohio. 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 the Paul Laurence Dunbar House Historic Site, part of the National Park Service.