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Letter to Oscar W. Price from Colonel Charles Young

March 27, 1919

Liberia, West Africa, Africa

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A letter handwritten in black ink on yellowed paper. The letter is dated March 27, 1919 and addressed to Lieutenant Oscar W. Price in Xenia, Ohio. Young is writing to Price to inform him he has been recommended as a Captain in the Liberian Frontier Force.

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Catalog reference: 2010.39.6

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