Letter: Unknown Sender to R.W. Johnson, Century Magazine, Page 1 of 2

Creator

Ohio History Connection

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Identifier

MSS114_B01F03_031

Creation Date

12-13-1894

Keywords

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

Description

Dayton, Ohio, Dec. 13^th, 1894

Mr. R.W. Johnson

Editorial Department

Century Magazine

Dear Sir:

Paul Laurence Dunbar, a colored young man, has the reputation, in this community, of being a reliable and worthy person. He has also considerable reputation by reason of his educational attainments and poetic ability.

Respectfully,

H: J Wood [?]

________ [?]

U.S.A.

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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.