Letter: H.S. Morris to Paul Laurence Dunbar, Page 1 of 2

Creator

Ohio History Connection
H. S. Morris

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Identifier

MSS114_B02F02_014

Creation Date

8-30-1899

Keywords

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

Description

On letterhead of Lippincott's Monthly Magazine; writer is possibly Harrison S. Morris.

Full text of letter:

Jamestown R.I. Aug 30 1899

Dear Mr. Dunbar.

It is difficult to express my disgust with the race of men who can act so like hogs. But, after all, the consciousness of ones own intellectual superiority is a sure and lasting satisfaction for there is no possession so precious. You can afford to laugh at their littleness. Mere material inconveniences sink away before the height from wh. you look down on them!

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I’ve looked over the play and as I always am I feel I am fully in accord with your literary instincts and aims. You have the right road. But the play would be impossible for the magazine and I don’t submit it to the publishing Dept. because you gave [?] me so short a time for its consideration. So come back mended from your Westward Journey and then you shall have in no distant future, nearly anything you want. Literature like yours is power.

Truly yours

HS. Morris

Ms. goes by same [?] mail

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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.