Edwin J. Chesnutt to Charles W. Chesnutt, 23 July 1903
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Arundel, Md.1
July 23 '03
Dear Pa—
The postal card has arrived announcing my third C; which makes me a full Junior next year. Any anxiety you may have had may now be put away. You will receive official notice of my
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marks soon. The result will be 4 C's and 2 D's, a pretty good year's work considering my inexperience at the beginning of the year.
French has gone to Washington where he is studying night and day trying to get into Harvard. If he will do the work I assign him, he'll get in all right.
I went to a colored pic-
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nic at Baltimore the other day. I not only had a fine time, but acquired some useful information and met some excellent people. I have an idea that travel will do considerable towards helping me decide about my future career. The trip, though it consumed my $5.00, was cheap at the price. It was worth $25.00.
You might slip a coup-
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le of dollars in the letter when you write, as I am anticipating another trip to Baltimore soon. I might as well see it while I'm down here.
The folks are now back from Hampton where they had a most enjoyable stay. Dot has got along right well in their absence.
Yours affectionately, NedP.S. Folks all send regards
Correspondent: Edwin Jackson Chesnutt (1883—1939) was the third child of Charles and Susan Chesnutt. Born in North Carolina, he spent his childhood in Cleveland, Ohio, graduated from Harvard University in 1905, and decided not to remain abroad after an extended stay in France in 1906. Instead, he trained and worked as a stenographer, including at the Tuskegee Institute from 1910–1912. After obtaining a degree in dentistry at Northwestern University in 1917, he became a dentist in Chicago.
1. Arundel-on-the-Bay, located on a peninsula in the Chesapeake Bay, was a beach resort frequented by Blacks at the turn of the century. [back]
