The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1913-08-29
ONLY SURVIVOR
OF A. WILLIAMS
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his voucher), G. Sanford, per order
This is under the head of page 2l5
of Samuel Hambleton's Account OF
the distribution Of the prize money
of Lake Erie"
The writer of this letter assisted
Mr.. Dickson greatly, as will be seen
from the quotation below: Il am
taking the liberty to send copy of
your letter to Mr.. James Cooke
Mills, of Saginaw, Mich. Mr.. Mills
has just published a most interest
ing book "Oliver Hazard Perry and
the Battle of Lake Erie. He has
spent two years or more in careful
research on the subject and it seems
as though he, if anyone, would have
seen some reference to the man An
thony Williams. His book contains
an illustration which clearly shows
colored man in the small boat and
you would enjoy the book, am
sure" at
! In Mr.. Dickson's effort to get in
formation from the state depart
ment at Erie, Pa, he was not sue
cessful. There are other interest
ing facts pertaining to the life OF
Mr.. Dickson, especially that side in
which he shows confidence in the
race. He was prominentaly con
nected with the Union Transports
ton Company of this city and Is a
subscriber and a stakeholder in
more Negro banks in the United
States than any other one individual
He has sowever, never put foot or
the soil in the South, neither has he
ever crossed the Mason and Dixon
= line, but has steadfastly shown by
the investments made and the &C
quaintances formed the loyalty ant
devotion for the people he is identi
fed with.
Through the enterprising efforts
) of a distant relative Of Anthem,
/ Williams, the Buffalo, N. Y. Center
, NAL Commission, having in charg
9 for big Tooth anniversary celebrs
S ton to be held in Buffalo, has dc
0 cided to recognize in this celebrs
0 tion the merits of the claims OF hi
!, only surviving relative. Anthem
t Williams, who was one of the eigh
i heroes responsible for Commodore
J, Perry's great victory in the Battl
9 of Lake Erie.
e Announcement of the Perry Cel
" tennial celebration was made som
Il time ago and in connection with
E. one man is said to have forgotte
e whole of the United States to g,
A business and secured almost tt
a. sufficient information that wou
10 bring wildly back to the minds
=, the American people the true al
- real identity of at least one of Il
~ eight men who was the sole repI
y sentative of a race now numberil
N over ten millions Of people. 1t
~ said that. this one man would n
nv have put forth such Herculean
TO- forts to bring about his identity h
N. it not been that there appears to-
gh an underlying current at work
IL discredit the recognition given a
err 80 discount all of the honor accord
ed this particular individual and to
on posterity. which is regarded as
ed distince recognition to the Negro
SITS the United States.
en The towns along the Lake have
av- their respective turns given We
icy of festivities in honor of the n
.cn who with an unframed crew
NO. 49, crudely built ships wrote his ma
40 so brightly upon the pages of
,oo. tory by the achievements acc
,n plished in daring efforts Buff
,l,e situated on Lake Erie. so very cl
his to Niagara Falls, enjoys perh
,nt no other city of its size in
,rIe United States can boast Of, l. e.,
10 close proximity to one of the v
Of ders of the world 1t is estimf
tive that there are about two thous
,ard Negroes in this city and that Z
en- because OF the establishment OF
seen claim of the survivor Of Anth
ton Williams. will be the beneficial
him in point of attention brought al
ony in the main by what Mr., c. A. l
lght son has been responsible for. T
erry sands of people will throng to
tier city to take part in the celebra
true forward to eclipse even "old h
and week" because it will be natl
rry'S affair. They will come from
6y Dominion Of Canada, Britain and
n L. Iawv
New ma, s;;s' s':.sa s,or ana The real heroe
high ms I'M Bo tI2' 80 lake Erie will -
ppre- .n ~ D'' ,,iitho;i+ resnect "a race
H 1nd color, be mentioned, honored
w revered as Of yore.