Keppler & Schwarzmann (Behalf of Puck Magazine) to Charles W. Chesnutt, 27 April 1889

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  • Source Text: Keppler & Schwarzmann (Behalf of Puck Magazine) to Charles W. Chesnutt, 27 April 1889, Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 2, folder 1.
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Puck

What Fools these Mortals be!

"KEPPLER & SCHWARZMANN," Publishers, PUCK BUILDING. New York, Apr. 27, 1889.

Mr. Chas. W. Chesnutt,

Cleveland, O. Dear Sir:

Enclosed please find our remittance for Five 50/100 Dollars ($5.50), in payment of your contribution, entitled The Origin of the Hatchet Story, which appeared in No.633 of "Puck."

Respectfully yours, "KEPPLER & SCHWARZMANN."


Correspondent: Keppler & Schwarzmann was the publisher from 1877 to 1913 of Puck (1877–1918), a successful humor and political satire magazine based in New York City. The magazine was started by Joseph Ferdinand Keppler (1838–1894) in partnership with Adolph Schwarzmann (1838–1904), a printer. Henry Cuyler Bunner (1855–1896) was the editor from 1878 to his death. Chesnutt published nine stories in Puck.



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