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Identifier
MSS114_B02F06_042
Creation Date
9-26-1905
Keywords
Paul Laurence Dunbar, primary sources, Black history, Black poets, prominent Ohioans
Description
Full text of letter:
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Newberg
Sept. 26. 1905
Dear Mr Dunbar
My mother asks me to write you here to express her thanks + deep appreciation for the beautiful poem you have sent her. Both for the fine merit of the poetry + for the
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high tribute to my father expressed in it we shall always keep it with the greatest pride.
Allow me also to express my thanks to you, I am sincerely
Helen Hay Whiting.
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Primary Item Type
Business Correspondence
Rights
This item is part of the Paul Laurence Dunbar Collection, which belongs to the Ohio History Connection, headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, visit http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information. 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 part of the Paul Laurence Dunbar House Historic Site, which is operated by the National Park Service in partnership with the Ohio History Connection.
Keywords
Paul Laurence Dunbar, primary sources, Black history, Black poets, prominent Ohioans
