Charles W. Chesnutt to William D. Vincent, 6 December 1922
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1106 Williamson Building
Cleveland, O.,
December 6, 1922.
Mr. W. D. Vincent,
The Old National Bank,
Spokane, Wash.
My dear Mr. Vincent,
I have written a few lines in the copy of "The Conjure Woman"1 which you sent me and signed my name to them, and am putting it in the mail today.
The manner in which the book was done up, and the book-plate in the front of it, stamp you as a book collector, and I am glad to feel that this little product of my pen will find itself in good company.2
Very truly yours, CWC/FLCorrespondent: William D. Vincent (1866–1935) was a White banker in Spokane, Washington, who was president of Old National Bank of Spokane (1920–1933). He was an amateur historian of the American Northwest and a collector of rare books and bookplates.
1. Chesnutt's collection of short stories, The Conjure Woman, was published by Houghton, Mifflin & Company in March 1899. [back]
2. Chesnutt took an avid interest in book collecting, and had considerable expertise in this area; he was an active member of Cleveland's Rowfant Club, an elite club for bibliophiles, even though he gently satirized book collecting and such clubs in his 1904 short story "Baxter's Procrustes." [back]
