Letter: C.A. Thatcher to Paul Laurence Dunbar

Creator

C. A. Thatcher
Ohio History Connection

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Identifier

MSS114_B01F03_029

Creation Date

12-12-1894

Keywords

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

Description

Letter encourages Dunbar to book an engagement at his convenience; Thatcher offers to assist. Full text of letter:

Dec. 12- 1894

Mr. Paul Dunbar

Dayton 0. - Dear Sir:

Yours of 10th at hand. I did not intend to fix a date for you at Louia [???] but merely suggested it. You can arrange a date to suit your convenience and I will notify my friends of the time you may fix.

I have the arrangement for you definitely for Weds. the 19th in Toledo and will try to arrange for 20th. Do not think can arrange for 21st. If you will mail me two of your books on receipt of this, think they will help me to make engagements for you. Will do what I can.

Very truly yours

CA Thatcher

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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.