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Identifier
MSS114_B02F02_027
Creation Date
1-22-1900
Keywords
Paul Laurence Dunbar, primary sources, Black history, Black poets, prominent Ohioans
Description
Full text of letter written on letterhead of the Doubleday & McClure Co.:
January 22, 1900
Mr. Paul Lawrence (sic) Dunbar,
Box 263, Harman, Colo.
My dear Sir:--
Your letter of the 18th has just come to hand, and while we naturally regret that you don't feel able to accept our offer, there seems to be no alternative except to return the manuscript, as you request, to Mr. Martin and I have done this this morning. We hope you will allow us to say that we shall be glad to have your consider our offer still open: that is to say, if you don't make just the arrangement you wish elsewhere and decide that you wish to accept the proposition we made you need have the least hesitation about telling us. In any case, we hop you will remember that we are much interested in your work, and that we shall consider it a favor at any time to be allowed to consider any manuscript of yours.
Pray believe me,
Very sincerely yours,
H.A. Lanier
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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
