Draft:Robert J. Nelson
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Robert J. Nelson (May 20,1873 - February 2, 1949) He worked as a messenger / clerk? for the Department of Mines. He lived in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Douglass Publishing Company.
Born in Reading, Pennsylvania, he was African American.
publisher The Advocate-Verdict? editor Washington Eagle? organizer? [1] William Justin Carter Sr.[2]
His second marriage was to Alice Dunbar-Nelson (1875-1935). She was the widow of Paul Lawrence Dunbar.[3]
His wife compiled Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence and he published it (1914)? Bookery Publishing Company of New York is publisher noted in it. "Copyright 1914 by Robert John Nelson"[4]
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
https://digitalharrisburg.com/commonwealth/100names/robert-j-nelson/
Served as president of the Afro-American Republican League of Pennsylvania
He was a clerk in Reading for the Department of Mines.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ https://books.google.com/books?id=fcROEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA145&dq="robert+john+nelson"+harrisburg&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjOxf7YyKOKAxVbSjABHTw-MjIQ6AF6BAgHEAM
- ^ https://www.afrolumens.com/century%20of%20change/bios/carterwj.html
- ^ https://books.google.com/books?id=SFoEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA60&dq="robert+j.+nelson"+harrisburg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj8n_LM9qSKAxXeQjABHThsFHY4ChDoAXoECAsQAw
- ^ https://books.google.com/books?id=udEiAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA63&dq="robert+john+nelson"&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj0tdS6yKOKAxWLmYQIHZI5CjQ4HhDoAXoECAkQAw
- ^ https://books.google.com/books?id=yaEjAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA63-IA12&dq="robert+j.+nelson"+harrisburg&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiV9qOI9qSKAxU_RDABHUoXKrYQ6AF6BAgHEAM