Clara M. Henderson to Charles W. Chesnutt, 10 September 1921
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Sept. 10-1921
Mr. Chestnutt,
We have three checks here payable the 15th of this month. I am sending you one that is payable and will send you Balance 1000 this Thursday.1
It is to bad this has happened so but will see that next month will be ddifferent.
Sept 12/21
Correspondent: Clara M. (Lloyd) Henderson (1874–1966) was a White woman from the Canton, Ohio, area, widowed by 1904, who along with her daughter Marie Henderson (1895–1985) rented the apartment at 1269 Lakeview Rd. from Chesnutt from 1921 until at least 1931; her son Frederick F. Henderson (1893–1966) also seems to have lived with them, but is not mentioned in the correspondence.
1. The surviving correspondence with Mrs. (Clara) and Miss (Marie) Henderson, from 1921 to 1930, primarily concerns the rent payments for 1269 Lakeview Road, typically addressing the Hendersons' delays in rent payments, bounced checks, and postdating of checks to prevent bouncing and the fees associated with it. From 1921 to at least 1924, the rent was $40.00 a month. [back]
2. By 1913, Chesnutt had filed for a building permit for an apartment building at 1267–1269 Lakeview Road in Cleveland, and by 1921, he was renting out four separate apartments. Correspondence with two parties survive: From 1921 to Chesnutt's death in 1932, Clara Henderson and her daughter Marie lived at 1269, and from 1930 to 1932, Robert A. Dill lived at 1267. Occasionally, Chesnutt would confuse the two street numbers. The structure no longer exists. [back]
