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Letter to Oscar W. Price from Colonel Charles Young

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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.Transcribed by digital volunteers
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Ink On Paper (Fiber Product)
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Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
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Keywords

  1. African American
  2. African Americans
  3. Correspondence
  4. Discrimination
  5. Men
  6. Military
  7. Price, Oscar W
  8. Race
  9. Race Discrimination
  10. Resistance
  11. World War I
  12. World War, 1914 1918
  13. Young, Charles

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