Letter to Oscar W. Price from Colonel Charles Young
date: label: Date
content: August 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 typewritten letter printed in black ink on yellowed paper. At the top is [Wilberforce, Ohio, Aug. 14, 1918]. The letter is addressed to [Sergt. Oscar W. Price] at Camp Hancock, Georgia and signed [Chas. Young]. The letter concerns Young's decision not to give Price a recommendation, writing [You have the stuff in you and don't stand in need of any recommendatory letters]. Young also notes that he has enclosed an itinerary (2010.39.3) of his trip to Washington, DC, to lobby for his reinstatement to active duty.
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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: Military
label: Topic
content: Race discrimination
label: Topic
content: Resistance
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: 2010.39.5
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: 10 3/4 x 7 5/16 in. (27.3 x 18.6 cm)