Emmett J. Scott to Charles W. Chesnutt, 21 December 1904
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December 21, 1904
Mr. Charles W. Chesnutt,
1005 Williamson Building, Cleveland, Ohio.
Dear Mr. Chesnutt:
I am writing to acknowledge receipt of your letter of December 15th to Dr. Washington, and to say that I shall call to his attention as soon as he reaches here, the arrangements suggested for his entertainment during his visit to Cleveland.1
I am quite sure that it will be entirely agreeable in every particular.
For your own generous good offices in helping to make this visit pleasant and agreeable, you will have his unstinted thanks, I am sure.
With sincere good wishes, I am,
Very truly yours, Emmett J. Scott Private Secretary.Correspondent: Emmett Jay Scott (1873-1957), a Black journalist from Texas, became Booker T. Washington's personal secretary in 1897 and was his influential advisor until Washington's death in 1913. He served at the Tuskegee Institute until 1917, and later at Howard University (1919-1939). During World War I, he was Special Assistant for Negro Affairs under Secretary of War Newton D. Baker (1871-1937). His notes on Chesnutt's letters often steered Washington's attention to specific letters; his direct correspondence with Chesnutt spanned over three decades.
1. Booker T. Washington visited Cleveland January 11–12, 1905. He attended a banquet given by the Cleveland Council of Sociology, spoke at the Jewish Temple, at the city's Central High School, and at a banquet organized by two Black women's clubs of Cleveland, the Minerva Reading Club and the Friday Study Club. He stayed at the Hollenden Hotel. His visit and speeches were covered and commented on in the Cleveland Gazette (January 21, 1905): 1.[back]
