Harry J. Warwick to Charles W. Chesnutt, 17 October 1932
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Room 153
HOTEL BRISTOL
129–135 WEST 48TH STREET1
NEW YORK
BRYANT 9-8400
T. ELLIOTT TOLSON, PRES.
JOSEPH. E. BATH, M'G'R.
Oct. 17, 1932
Dear Mr. Chesnutt:
Please forgive me for not answering your letter sooner but I have moved downtown and my [] mail was not forwarded promptly.
My chum mailed four books to you for your signature—2 of mine and 2 of his. I will send some others later. Instead of sending them to the return address on the package please express them to me C.O.D. to the Hotel Bristol at the above address. There is no
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one at home during the day at the 111th St., address.
I am on the lookout for first editions of your books for you and when I find them and I shall be glad to get them and send them to you.
I want to write you at greater length soon—I am hurrying this note away so you will know where to send the books.
Sincerely, Harry Warwick Sent by ExpressOct 24/32
Correspondent: Harry J. Warwick (life dates unknown) was a self-professed collector of books by Black authors who approached Chesnutt to get books autographed. He and a friend, Floyd Miller, who has not been further identified, apparently collected books together. It is not known whether their books were eventually donated to an HBCU, as Warwick's first letter to Chesnutt suggested they would be.
1. 129–135 W. 48th St. was originally an extension of the Hotel Bristol at 122–124 W. 49th St. near the Broadway theaters in New York City and became a stand-alone hotel with a large dining hall after 1929, when the original building was torn down. [back]
