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Identifier
MSS114_B02F06_002
Creation Date
3-14-1904
Keywords
Paul Laurence Dunbar, primary sources, Black history, Black poets, prominent Ohioans
Description
This is a letter in response to a request by Paul Lauence Dunbar to publish a poem he had written for Roosevelt's son Kermit in a book of poems for children.
Full text of letter on White House letterhead:
March 14, 1904
My dear Sir:
Your letter of the 12th has been received, and in reply I beg to state that the President will be pleased to have you do as you suggest.
Very truly yours,
(signature) William Loeb Jr.
Secretary to the President
Mr. Paul Laurence Dunbar
Deaconess Hospital
Dayton, Ohio.
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Primary Item Type
Personal 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
