Charles W. Chesnutt to S. W. Rutherford, 27 March 1923
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CHAS. W. CHESNUTTHelen C. Moore CHESNUTT & MOORE SHORTHAND REPORTERS 1106 WILLIAMSON BUILDING CLEVELAND March 27, 1923. Journal of Negro History, 1538 Ninth Street, Washington, D. C. Dear Sir:
Attention Mr. S. W. Rutherford, Sec'y-Treas.
I have your letter of February 26th, calling attention to the fact that your records show that my subscription expired with the 1922 number, and enclosing bill for $4.00 covering subscription from January, 1922, to January, 1924.
By reference to my own records I find that on January 9, 1922, I sent you a check for $2.00 for subscription to the Journal1 one year in advance, and in return received your receipt dated January 10, 1922, reading as follows: "Received of Mr. Charles W. Chesnutt, $2.00 for renewal of subscription." This would seem to indicate that your record in this respect is not correct, and that I owe you only $2.00, subscription for 1923 in advance, for which I enclose a check. The Journal is serving a very useful purpose and I am very glad to get it, and read it with interest.
Sincerely yours, Chas. W. Chesnutt.Correspondent: Samuel Wilson Rutherford (1855–1952) was a Black businessman who founded a successful life insurance company. He was the Secretary-Treasurer of the Association for the Study of African American Life, which published the Journal of Negro History, and a close friend of Carter G. Woodson (1875–1950), its editor. Rutherford's duties for the journal included managing subscription fees and accounts.
1. The Journal of Negro History (now the Journal of African American History) was founded in 1916 by Carter G. Woodson, as one of the first journals to cover African American history. Though Chesnutt was consistently a subscriber to the journal, he did not contribute any publications. [back]
