Letter, envelope, and a portrait, 1895.

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Letter, envelope, and a portrait, 1895.

Handwritten and signed letter, dated 10 Sept. 1895, and addressed to Alice Nelson, perhaps Alice Moore Dunbar-Nelson, an American author. Bates thanks Nelson for a favorable review of her work. Also included is the envelope in which the letter was sent and a portrait of a women clipped from a magazine. The subject may be Bates.

5 photocopies (5 p.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7383034

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Nelson, Alice Moore Dunbar, 1875-1935

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Alice Dunbar-Nelson, a writer, teacher, and activist for African-American Civil rights, was extremely active in state and regional politics. She was married to the poet Paul Laurence Dunbar from 1989 until 1902. She was born on July 19, 1875, as Alice Ruth Moore, in New Orleans, Louisiana. She attended public school in New Orleans and enrolled in a teacher's training program at Straight University in 1890. Upon receiving her degree in 1892, she began teaching in New Orleans. ...

Bates, Josephine W. (Josephine White)

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Women author. From the description of Letter, envelope, and a portrait, 1895. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367407812 ...