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NB454 45 NL=NEWYORK NY 4

1933 OCT 4 PM 6 01

<table><tr><td colspan="2">MINUTES IN TRANSIT</td></tr><tr><td>FULL-RATE</td><td>DAY LETTER</td></tr></table>

JAMES WELDON JOHNSON=
FISK UNIVERSITY NASH=

DEAR JIM YOU ARE THE MAN OF THE HOUR HERE WE HAVE BEEN
DANCING IN THE STREETS WITH PRIDE BECAUSE OF YOU TERRIBLY
FLATTERING TO BE ABLE TO SAY THAT WE KNOW YOU WELL PERIOD
BUT HONESTLY ITS A GRAND BOOK LOVE TO YOU GRACE=
NELLA DOROTHY.

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1934 JUN 20 PM 8 32

BMA282 50 NL XU=TDN BROOKLYN NY 20

MRS JAMES WELDON JOHNSON=

FISS UNIVERSITY NASHVILLE TENN=

DUPLICATE OF TELEGRAM/TELEPHONED

DEAR GRACE JIMS AND CARLS BIRTHDAY CAUGHT US ON COUNTRY ROAD
VAN Vechten

BETWIXT TINY HAMLETS WHOSE TELEGRAPH OFFICES WERE CLOSED

THOUGHT AND WISHED BEST OF ALL GOOD THING FOR HIM AND YOU HOME
Donator

TODAY LETTER FROM EDWARD SAYING JIM IS SICK PLEASE WIRE

CONDITION AND CAN WE HELP IN ANY WAY=

NELLA DOROTHY.

NO. 7-8734 TO $2 Postal Telegraph
BY Lou AT 8:15 TO BE
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WESTERN
UNION

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R. B. WHITE
PRESIDENT

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Received at

NB 630 106 NL=NEWYORK NY 27

MR AND MRS JAMES WELDON JOHNSON=
FISK UNIVERSITY NASH=

1935 FEB 27 PM 10 08

<table><thead><tr><th colspan="2">MINUTES IN TRANSIT</th></tr><tr><th>FULL-RATE</th><th>DAY LETTER</th></tr></thead></table>

DEAR GRACE WE ALL DOROTHY ELIZABETH AND NELLA KNEW THAT THIS WAS THE MONTH AND MEANT TO VERY SUBTLETY FIND OUT NECESSARY SPLIT INFINITIVE JIM THE EXACT DATE TONIGHT WE DINED WITH TENNESSEANS ONE MAN A PAINTER WHO HAD DISCOVERED JIM FOR HIMSELF WITH GODS TROMBONES ASKED IF WE KNEW JIM WE LOOKED AT EACH OTHER NOT ONLY WITH PRIDE BUT WITH SHAME REALIZING THAT FEBRUARY WAS AT ITS END BUT PLEASE AT THIS LATE DATE TAKE OUR BLESSINGS AND ADMIRATION AND ALL OF OUR LOVE AND TAKE ELIZABETHS TOO WHO ADORES YOU BOTH AND WILL CURSE US IF SHE FINDS WE HAVE NOT INCLUDED HER=

NELLA DOROTHY.

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