Letter: Century Magazine Associate Editor R.U. Johnson to Paul Laurence Dunbar

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R. U. Johnson, Century Magazine
Ohio History Connection

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MSS114_B01F03_026

Creation Date

12-8-1894

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Paul Laurence Dunbar, Ohio history, Poetry, dialect poetry, biography, black history, black poets, primary sources, prominent Ohioans

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Editorial Department

The Century Magazine

Union Square New York

December 8^th, 1894

Mr. Paul Laurence Dunbar, Dayton, Ohio.

Dear sir:—

We are inclined to accept the contributions you are good enough to offer us for the “Lighter Vein” department. May we therefore ask you to refer us to some person known to us, which reference shall be in the nature of a voucher for your good faith, as you are a stranger to us. This is in accordance with the rule of this magazine. Perhaps it would make this easier to you if I say that a note from my cousin, Mr. Charles U. Raymond of your city, vouching for you, would be sufficient. If you do not know him, some friend of yours who does know him would doubtless do you the service to speak to him of you.

Very respectfully yours,

R. U. Johnston

Associate Editor

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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.