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Identifier
MSS114_B01F04_020
Creation Date
6-5-1895
Keywords
Paul Laurence Dunbar, primary sources, Black history, Black poets, prominent Ohioans
Description
Letter on printed stationery; printing includes:
The John Rouzer Company
M. J. Rouzer, Pres’t.
J. H. Pardonner, Vice Pres’t, & Gen. Mgr.
John R. Flortron, Sec’y. & Treas.
Wm T. Mooney, Sup’t.
Contracting and Building
Fine Cabinet and Mill Work
Office: 42 Wyandot St.
Mills: Head 4th on Canal.
Yards: 419 to 425 Monument Ave.
Full text of handwritten letter:
Dayton, O. June 5 1895
Mr Paul L. Dunbar, Dayton, O.
Dear Sir:
Can you not favor me with the amount of my bill this week. You promised it when the independent published your story and I noticed in the paper several weeks ago. I am needing money very much and if you can favor me this week you will greatly oblige,
Yours Truly,
Lorin Wright
P.S. I believe the balance is $2.50
You will find me at The John Rouzer Co Office
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Primary Item Type
Financial item
Second 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.
Keywords
Paul Laurence Dunbar, primary sources, Black history, Black poets, prominent Ohioans
