OFFICAL DOCUMENTS OF THE GENERATIONS OF MARCUS GARVEY

LETTER WRITTEN TO MRS. RUTH PEART PRESCOTT

BY AUTHOR ROBERT HILL

14th August 1984

Mrs. Ruth Prescott,

46 Salkey Avenue,

Duhaney Park,

Kingston 20,

Jamaica, W.I.

Dear Ruth,

Hearing your lovely voice was like music to my ears. I'm sorry that you had so much difficulty in finding my number here, where I have been since the beginning of June.

As I promised you, I am sending you the enclosed copy of Indiana's birth certificate. It shows that she shared both parents with Marcus. Thank you again for all your help.

Meanwhile, I hope that your visit to St. Ann's Bay to celebrate your Uncle Marcus's birthday on August 17th was enjoyably spent.

With best wishes, I remain

Yours sincerely,

Robert A. Hill,

Fellow.

P.S. I am sending you, under separate cover, the copy of Volume 2 with the photograph of yourself and your mother.

ORIGINAL BIRTH CERTIFICATE OF INDIANA GARVEY

BORN NINETEENTH, MARCH 1883

ST. ANN'S BAY, ST. ANN

ORIGINAL BIRTH CERTIFICATE OF RUTH ADELAIDE PEART

BORN TWENTIETH, JANUARY 1923

KINGSTON

MEMBERSHIP CERTIFICATE TO THE U.N.I.A.

To the Beloved and Scattered Millions of the Negro Race

Greeting

This is to Certify that

Mrs. Indiana Peart

is a duly registered member of the Universal Negro Improvement Association, an organization embracing the millions of men, women and children of Negro blood and of African descent of all countries of the world, striving for the FREEDOM, MANHOOD, and NATIONALISM of the Negro, and to hand down to posterity a FLAG OF EMPIRE--to restore to the world an Ethiopian Nation one and Indivisible out of which shall come our princes and rulers---to bequeath to our children and our Grand Old Race the heritage of an Ancestry worthy of their time and thoughtful of the future.

Resting on the strength and mercy of Almighty God, and on the Effort and Faith of our people all over the world, we the undersigned, as officers of the St. Andrew Division, append our names this Twelveth day of September in the year of our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and Thirty Six.

25th October

Dearest Ruth---

I hope that everything is well with you. I'm sending you the enclosed newspaper clipping that mentions your mother. Did you receive my letter about it? Try to drop me a line & explain the situation to me.

Love,

Robert

(Robert A. Hill)

THE PITTSBURGH COURIER--AUGUST 23, 1952

Termed Talented, Effective Organizer

Jamaicans Pondering Over Marcus Garvey

KINGSTON, Jamaica---A national controversy is under way in Jamaica on the question of whether two Jamaicans, the late Marcus Garvey and the late J.A.G. Smith, were patriots and as such deserve recognition.

The controversy started recently when the House of Representatives, after a lenghtly debate, voted that the birthdays of both Garvey and Smith should be public holidays.

Members hailed Garvey as a talented Jamaican, an able orator and an effective organizer. Smith was described as one of the most gifted lawyers and politician in the history of the island.

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LATER, there were numerous letters in the press, some hailing both gentlemen as leaders while others condemned Garvey as a scoundrel and Smith an opportunist.

W. Adolphe Roberts, Jamaican author, who has lived in the United States for many years, stated in a special article in the "Sunday Gleaner" that the proposed distinction was excessive and agreed with a "Gleaner" editorial that men of their stature might be honored on Aug. 1, which is Emancipation Day. He suggested that Aug. 1 may then be called Patriots' Day.

While all this controversy is going on, Garvey's sister, Mrs. Indiana Peart, lies crippled and bedridden for the past five years residing with an only daughter in a single nine-by-ten room in lower S. Andres.

MEDICAL OPINION is that if the sick woman could afford sufficient nutritious food her chances for recovery are good.

Claude Webster, Jamaican Customs broker an social welfare leader, has donated (two guineas) six dollars as a contribution towards Mrs. Peart's need.

Other Jamaicans are likely to contribute.