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Identifier
MSS114_B01F03_015
Creation Date
10-24-1894
Keywords
Paul Laurence Dunbar, Ohio history, Poetry, dialect poetry, biography, black history, black poets, primary sources, prominent Ohioans
Description
Text of letter:
Chicago, Ill.
Paul my son. I recived your leter and was glad to heare from you son. Don’t you think that it is time for me to come home as I am not fixed for the winter. I lefted my winter hat at home and the boys are not able __________ and I need some warm under ware. I have been trying to get some work but have not as yet.
Do you intend for me to stay hare this winter I spoke to the boys about coming home but thay thay say that thay are not able to send me home I have had grand time since I have been here it ___________ the fair times to me but I thought it was time to come home and ever thing I have is there. I saw Campbell and he tolded me to tell you that he wood send you some clippings. You ____you know how hard it is for me to writ so if you think it is write for me to come home try and send for me
Now I must close. Love to all from Mother.
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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, Ohio history, Poetry, dialect poetry, biography, black history, black poets, primary sources, prominent Ohioans
