Frederick L. Hubbard to Charles W. Chesnutt, 14 February 1931
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TORONTO TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION
OFFICE OF THE CHAIRMAN
TORONTO
Feby 14/1931
Mr. Chas. W. Chesnut-
1646 Union Trust-Bldg.
Cleveland, Ohio.
Dear Mr. Chesnut:
Thanks for your kind letter of Feby 5 and for the copy of The Clevelander. We enjoyed reading your article,1 and I got a great kick out of some parts of it. I can see your eyes twinkle as you wrote that tid-bit about the gold supply of the Nation being nearly depleted. I wonder if all your readers will 'get' that one. Then your satire on our representation on
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the Library Staff was a good one, not to say anything of the representation on the School Board. Altogether it is a very accurate picture of the group's fight against hopeless odds.
I have just returned to the office after a week of "The Flu' but am beginning to feel like myself again.
The family are well & send greetings to you and Mrs. Chesnut2 and other members of your family.
Yours sincerely F. L. HubbardCorrespondent: Frederick L. Hubbard (1878–1953) was a member of a prominent political family in Toronto, Canada. He worked for the Toronto Street Railway (1905–1921) and became the first Black person to serve on the Toronto Transportation Commission, including as chair (1929–1930), vice-chair (1931) and commissioner (1932–1939).
1. Chesnutt's essay "The Negro in Cleveland" was published in The Clevelander 5, no. 7 (November 1930): 3–4, 24–27. It was accompanied by a portrait of Chesnutt. [back]
2. Susan Perry Chesnutt (1861–1940) was from a well-established Black family in Fayetteville, North Carolina, and worked as a teacher at Fayetteville's Howard School before marrying Chesnutt. They were married from 1878 until his death in 1932 and had four children: Ethel, Helen, Edwin, and Dorothy. Susan led an active life in Cleveland. [back]
