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Identifier
MSS114_B01F05_028
Creation Date
9-29-1896
Keywords
Paul Laurence Dunbar, primary sources, Black history, Black poets, prominent Ohioans
Description
September 29, 1896
Major J. B. Pond,
Everett House,
Union Square.
Dear Major Pond,
I do not know where to address Mr. Paul Dunbar who has so kindly sent me three stanzas of his beautiful poem called “Longing” – the first bit of verse which he has written here. The poem is full of tender feeling and really touches the heart. I am so glad that Mr. Dunbar remembered to send it to me. Perhaps you will forward this note to him if you know his address. I am looking forward with great pleasure to reading more of Mr. Dunbar’s productions.
Very sincerely yours,
A W Drake
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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.
Keywords
Paul Laurence Dunbar, primary sources, Black history, Black poets, prominent Ohioans
