Sujet

Letter from an African-American man (Van Smith), 1883. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Letter from an African-American man (Van Smith), 1883. 'U.S Coast & Geodetic Survey, Backe navy yard steamer Brooklyn N.Y. July 3 1882. My Dear Brother, i take the plasure to enform you a few lines and hoping when these few lines [you?] recieve that they may find you well as they leave me the same Dear Brother. We arive hear on the 26 of June and we will be hear until august and then we will go to New London Conn[ecticut] so i hope that you will let me hear from you soon and all so the family give my love to [?] and the babie kiss Lucy for me i will come to see you this winter shour...'.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM23A13_257

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Format disponible

10,3Mo (382,2Ko) / 12,8cm x 20,3cm / 1507 x 2392 (300dpi)

Mots clés

people black library country letter text location century handwriting document correspondence African American African-American afro-american lettering public library MONOCHROME United States of America 19th century federal agency New York Public Library nineteenth century NYPL heritage American America USA united states Unknown cultural heritage Black History Heritage Art 19th-century Schomburg Center for Research Correspondence Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture National Geodetic Survey