Letter: C.W. Dustin to Paul Laurence Dunbar

Creator

Ohio History Connection

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Identifier

MSS114_B01F04_024

Creation Date

6-17-1895

Keywords

Paul Laurence Dunbar, primary sources, Black history, Black poets, prominent Ohioans

Description

Letterhead of the Gem City Building and Loan Association

Dayton, O. June 17th 1895

Yours of 14th with five dollars ($5.00) rec'd & same applied ot your loan. Amount yet due on interest to July 1st = 23.14. Amount of taxes to this date = $41.16. I will scale that tax claim somewhat when time comes for payment. Please raise the $23.14 before July 1st.

May has left & I employed a white boy, name not remembered. With best wishes, I am

Very Truly

C.W. Dustin

To Paul Laurence Dunbar

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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.