Letter written by James Brown regarding his family: Museum Object and Cultural History
Letter written by James Brown regarding his family: Date: 1970s. Written by: James Brown, American, 1933 - 2006. Subject of: Deidre Jenkins Brown, American.
The object in the museum catalogue
A handwritten letter by James Brown on wide-ruled notebook paper, pulled from a pad of paper (from the top). Blue ink and double-spaced writing. Reads [To/Whom it May concern I'm, A/very sick Man and My wife/Deidre is my Only hope so please/Let her in my Box and get what/paper or money she needs Thank/you For your kindess and May God/bless you And your Family here/is My Father he can't write/his name but he can print/And here is My Two little/children you can see That They/Are Mine/James/Brown/My/Signature]. On the reverse, center right, handwritten in same blue ink, reads [1706-1708] outlined, with [Hilton] and [912/746-1461] underneath.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1970s
- Written by: James Brown, American, 1933 - 2006
- Subject of: Deidre Jenkins Brown, American
- Type: letters (correspondence)
- Medium: ink on paper
- Dimensions: H x W: 10 × 8 1/16 in. (25.4 × 20.5 cm)
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Communication
- Topic: Families
- Topic: Finance
- Topic: Health
- Topic: Singers (Musicians)
- Object number: 2014.3.17
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Paxton and Rachel Baker
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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