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Identifier
MSS114_B02F01_004
Creation Date
11-2-1904
Keywords
Paul Laurence Dunbar, primary sources, Black history, Black poets, prominent Ohioans, Theodore Roosevelt
Description
Full text of letter on White House Stationery:
Personal
November 2, 1904.
My dear Mr. Dunbar
I am touched that you should have written me from your sick bed. I appreciate the poem. As sa token of my regard, will you accept the accompanying two volumes of my speeches?
With best wishes, believe me,
Sincerely yours,
(signature)Theodore Roosevelt
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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, Theodore Roosevelt
