[Letter of 1873 October 13]

[Letter of 1873 October 13]

1873-10-13

African American authors

African American businesspeople

Wiley, Edward A. [recipient]

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Correspondence

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Philadelphia, Oct. 13 1873/ Dear Edward:/ Your letter of the 11th/ inst. came to hand this morning, and/ the Notice from the Baltimore American/ was very good. I have no fault to find/ of it whatever. I will salt it down./ Also I am glad to hear you are “still getting along/ nicely”, even though it may cost you/ a great deal of “talk” & “energy”./ I trust you will sweep and dust the/ place thoroughly./ You dont seem to admire the/ “Rebbels”. If they would buy your book/ I gess[sic] they would be clever fellows./ Does Rev. Geo. Watkins recommend it warmly?/ I am a little curious to know. / “The future looks very dark to me/ for the colored man both North & South”./ This had been my notion for a long time./ I feel that you will gain a great/ deal of usefull[sic] information in mingling/ so largely as you are doing amongst our /people./ Poor Bro. Carr. I have just written/ him./ We are well Yours affect. W.S./ Distribute your/Circulars liberally/ W.S./