Letter to Oscar W. Price from Colonel Charles Young
date: label: Date
content: July 14, 1918
name: label: Written by
content: Brigadier General Charles Young, American, 1864 - 1922
label: Received by
content: Oscar W. Price, American, 1893 - 1970
notes: label: Description
content: A handwritten letter in black ink on yellowed paper. The letter consists of two folded pages, with the front left side blank. The letter is dated July 14, 1918 and addressed [My dear Oscar]. In the letter, Young offers an explanation for his refusal to write a recommendation letter for Price, writing [I did this for your good, in order that everything that comes to you may be on your own merit].
label: Transcription Center Status
content: Transcribed by digital volunteers
place: label: Place made
content: Wilberforce, Greene County, Ohio, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Correspondence
label: Topic
content: Men
label: Topic
content: World War I
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Documents and Manuscripts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2010.39.4
objectType: label: Type
content: letters (correspondence)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (unfolded): 8 3/8 × 10 3/4 in. (21.3 × 27.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (folded): 8 3/8 × 5 3/8 in. (21.3 × 13.7 cm)