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and Dd it wculd be a bigger 1task task andfear and 3 3fear I Itear
fear an immodest one to give the nameof names namesof namesot
of ihemany the many friends who have essayec essayecto essayEt8 essayed essayedto
andstilJ andstilJif and still stilll
to make our Christmas Cbr18tm B merry
if l we did not mention Gov Finch Pincbbaclr PincbbaclrDr back backDr backDr
Dr A M Curtis and John Edward EdwardBruce EdwariBruce Ed ward wardBruee
Bruce it would be criminal Theeits These TheseIndividuals TheseIndivIduals
iudlvtdua iudlvtduabut Individuals its not only gave ave generously generouslybut
but they saw a to it that we got what whatthey whatthEY
F B S Pinchback was wasoDce wasonce
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once guvernor of Louisiana L uisiana and was waselected wasdtcted wa waEltcted
elected to the U S benate His repu reputation reputatlon reputatlun ¬
tation is national Dr A M Curtis ithe i ithe is isthe
the gifted and renowned surgeoninchief surgeonin surgeoninchief surgeoninchicf
chief of Freedmens Hospital s sttous the na natious DBtiou8
institution support supported ¬
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what the race can do injthe in theworld world a amedical oi oimedical of ofmedical
medical science John Edward Ed ward Bracewrites Bruce Brucewriies Brucewr
writes wr l < < s ijndu the nom de plume 01 01Bruce of ofBruce o oBruce
Bruce Writ U and li lilte e Shakespeare Shakespearehe
he saya many man things in a t Iarticnlar larticula1y articulai articulaiway
way w a thai will apply Pp 1y to the whole peo peopie
wpie pie ia ii a general eneral way For that reason reasonlam reaEonI
lam I am iiivading lt1vadin our private correspondue correspon correspondent correspond ¬
dent d we to extrtct extrt ct a few thoughts in inleittr inletter a ale
letter le ttr which came to me today todayTA
TA L have 111 gotten a great many useful presents presentsu
u cir r from friends in various parts of the coon connMrs coun count coonM
t Mrs M I rs j judge Whipper sent me fr frOm ° m Beaufort Beaufortv
million which almost scarce scarcet scared scaredLe
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b c < heart made of African c silver beautifully beautifulba
< a a t eL d Mrs Isabella Fyvie Mayo one of the edit editvi
vi 0 t the New Age London England sent me s sc a ad t tC
c d f Tolstois last book The New Slaveryu Slavery
u i 1 Mis 1 IS Bruce got a bed quilt from an old lady ladyt
t djt it hers in New York Mrs Lewis which whichii whichiic is isco is isI
c co I E tietty lctty Ott Miss Hoyt of this city gave her a hand handcouc handrsndelabra handCC
couc CC lt candelabra the centre of each being of onyx onysv
v t i lie e bases and tops are of carved brass Bro BroL BroLY
L e evcy LY C of Pensacola remembered me for writing arr an anf ant
f t fur t r his midwinter edition with a a box of 5 5smokable 50 50siuokable 50c
c smokable cigars one of Mrs frs Bruces Sun Sunu SunCh
u > chois Ch tJ is s boys 00 brought her a pretty calendar and andanonymous andul andanonymous
< anonymous ul nymous friend sent a pint bottle o1t oi ofL
1 uv t I L water Prof Loudin in London sent me mea anda
a u iMuiely uiely illustrated copy of the Crystal Pal PalL PalLLl
a M LLl L cine no with a full tll page portrait of S Colerivi Coler ColerTylur
ivi Tylur liy L yLr lor an interview with him and a picture pictureKujjlish picturet
t Kujjlish El lish wife and their new baby Hiawatha Hiawathaii HiawathaLoks
ii iooks like one of the 66littlecolored little colored Ameri AmeriCuV Ameril AmerFA1
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A1 A i on u dear friend have remembered us in true trueiv trueLl truet
iv t hcm Ll i 11 sole and have won our everlasting gratiL grati gratiJvi gratiLO
L Jvi fv the tlu spirit of friendship and brotherhood brotherhoodii brotherhoodllood brotherhoodnwved
ii moved you to think of t two vo friends who are areilian arer areNan
r Nan holiday ho1ida friends and wish you andieavcus and ands andlaJCUS
> s heavens choicest blessings in the century centuryi centurynlw centuryauw
i now like jocund day stands tiptoe on the themountain thenwuntain thewantatitttt
= > mountain wantatitttt top We Ve have enjoyed the Christiday Christ Christinlay
2 inlay in a quiet unostentatious manner and andw anddeep
w i deep and profound sense of o gratitude to toor toj tcL
L j or the thcmany he many blessings which he has showered showeredus
1 r us sand s and all others of our race during the year yearis
T l is i soon to go o glimmering down d wn the themusty themustyl mustyof musty mustyrs
l rs of f time to become a memory and the theiiiuof thei
a iiiuof i of f lossicUd lo > > sided historians God bl blsss ss you youi QU QUJ
J i Mrs rs s Cooper Coop < < and may the th years to come bring bringhapplntss bringj bringhappLn
j > > happlntss happLn hap and particulary cash cashYours cashJ cashriblttt
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Yours sincerely sincerelyA BRUCE BRUCEicasviUt BRUCEA RCCE RCCENOBLE
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Mr r rr Fred L McGhee attorney and one of th thmost the themost tbmost
most successful successfuland and prominent AfroAmericans Afr Americans i iMinnesota in inMinnesota iMinnesota
Minnesota in closing a letter to us after paying hi hisubscription his hissubscription hisubscription
subscription says I will be in your city cit on th28th th th28th the the28th
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was one of your earliest subscribers to The Free Freeman Freeman Fredman
man of Indianapolis when you owned it but butmust butmust I Imust
must say The American is better betterYours betterYours betterYours
Yours truly C J W WOUGHT WOUGHT WOUGHT
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Grand Rapids Mich Iich Dec 10 1900 Manager oj ojThe of ofThe o oThe
The Colored American You will find enclosed enclosedfor enclosedfor 2 2for
for one year ending next May Iay I will try and ge geyou get getyou geyou
you some subscribers because the paper is worth worthand worthy worthyand worthand
and ought to be read by all allNegroes Negroes M v R W WTHE Wi WTHE
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to the leading colored journal in America Lommay Long Longmay Lonmay
may it live to espouse the interests of the race an angive and andgive angive <
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Yours truly R W M MTHE 11THE MTEE
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check for 4 subscription in full from Sept 20th 20th1SgS
1898 to Sept 20th 1900 Of course I want it t trun to torun trun <
run on and shall remit I find The American in indispensable indispensable indispensable
dispensable It stands in the van guard of up tc tcdate to toda t tdate
date da e progressive aggressive newsy and brigh brighjournalism brightjournalism brighjournalism
journalism To the busy man to the thestudent student wh whdrsires who whodesires whdesires <
desires to keep abreast of the times and thoroughly thorough thoroughly
ly informed on race interests and happenings The ThtAmerican TheAmerican ThAmerican
American is a treasure and a mint of information informationIts informationItseditorial
Its Itseditorial editorial page fairly teems with acute and com comprehensive comprebensive cornPrehensive
prehensive discussion of material and current ques questions questions questi0ns
tions It is a pleasure to me to add my tribute tc tcthose t tthose to tothose
those > of thousands touching t uching your our wonderful w nderful anc ancvaluable and andvaluable an anvaluable
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dear Mr Cooper By a peculiar coincidence al although although a ahough ¬
though not in my ID opinion an unfitting one thtfiery the thevery theveo
very first copy of an Afro AfroAmerican American paper I sa saw sawon sayn w won
The Colored Ameri American American Amenan ¬
on n landing in this colony was
can an Through the good offices of a prominent promineniwhite prominentwhite prominentihite
white citizen of Cape Town I was enabled today todayto todayto
to to o see a copy of the 15th of September containing containingamong containingamong containtntamong
among other valuable contributions several very veryinteresting veryinteresting verbnteresting
interesting articles from my esteemed friend JohrBruce John JohnE JohnE
E E Bruce It appears that the gentleman in ques question question quesion ¬
tion is an admirer of The American which he re regards regards reands ¬
gards ands as being equal to any newspaper published publishedin
in n Cape Town Colony A judicious blending of oJrace ofrace oface
race ace pride with the th truth however inspired me tc tcassert toassert tcassert
assert that it was better betterI
I selected one article In n the issue under the cap caption caption capion ¬
tion ion Hope for the Ne N Negro e1ro ro I averred that for fordepth fordepth foiIepth
depth of thought logic without redundancy and andlucidity andlucidity anducidity
lucidity of expression it excelled any thing in the thecopies thecopies theopies
copies of The Times or Argus the two most Influ Influential Influential inSuntial ¬
ential ntial papers here He admitted the corn cornI
I arrived here in Sable Bay on the 2nd inst buithe but butthe buthe
the presence of a large number of troop ships in inhe inthe ithe
the he docks rendered my ID disembarking impossible impossibletill impossibletill
till two days ago Perhaps that on your receipt ofhis oj ojthis of ofthis
this letterx letterxthe letter r the AngloBoer war may be over 1 Therigain Then Thena Thetagain
a again ain it may not for if there is anywhere anY where in Gods Godscreation Godscreation God Godreation
creation a stupid bullheaded tenacious fellow fellowand fellowiind rellowand
and one not at all disposed to cry peccavi it is isthe isthe hhe
the the Boer He appears to be determined to make makeiip makep maketp
and vexatious vexatiousruerrilla vexatiousguerrilla vexatiousuerrilla
iip tp p in an irregular unsystematic
guerrilla warfare what he has lost in the regular regulartvay regularvay
4 tvay V and in my humble h mble opinion the end is not in insight insight inight
sight although of course the threat to issue a pro proclamation proG prolamaUon ¬
G clamation mation by the British authorities ordering the thebelligerents thebelligeronts theelhgeronts
belligerents to lay down their arms on pain of be being baing beng ¬
ing ng treated as rebels may precipite matters mat Etrs I am amas amas ams
as i s you OU will observe connected with an educational educationalinstitution educationalinstitution
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the proprietors placing money in en envelopes envelopes envelopes ¬
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