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I was duly in receipt of cashier's check for $104.25, to take care of your note and interest due on May 15th, which I deposited and which has undoubtedly gone through, and for which I thank you.1
I received from my bank yesterday your former check[?] for the same amount, dated May 15th, and which I am returning to you with protest certificate attached. You will observe that the protest fees were $2.33, which of course you will take care of.
I am returning the protested check with papers attached, also the December note which was covered by your cashier's check.2
I will deposit the January 15th note on June 1st, and hope it will go through without any trouble.3
Yours very truly, CWC/FLCorrespondent: The Micheaux Film Corporation began in 1919 as the Micheaux Book and Film Company. Founded by Black novelist, film director, and film producer Oscar Micheaux (1884–1951), it was based in Chicago, with offices in New York City and Roanoke, Virginia, and became the most successful Black-owned film company of the 20th century. In the 1920s and '30s, Micheaux produced at least three dozen films featuring Black actors and themes he believed to be of particular interest to Black audiences, three of them based loosely on Chesnutt's work. In 1928, the company voluntarily filed for bankruptcy, reorganized, and survived until 1940. Most of the films are lost.