Charles W. Chesnutt to John P. Green, 10 February 1899
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CHAS. W. CHESNUTT,
1024 SOCIETY FOR SAVINGS BLDG.
Cleveland, O.Feb'y 10, 1899
My dear John:—
Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Co., who are bringing out my book "The Conjure Woman,"1 have issued a very neat little circular, of which I send you several copies, which I would be glad to have you place where they will be appreciated.
Your last letter was received and gave me much pleasure. I see you still keep getting in the newspapers, as I am beginning to do myself, following your example.2
This leave me and my family well; weather extremely cold. My wife3 joins me in regards to you and Mrs. Green & family, who we hope are all well. I remain
Cordially yours, Chas. W. Chesnutt.Correspondent: John Patterson Green (1845-1940) was Chesnutt's cousin and an attorney, active Republican, and the first Black to be elected Cleveland's justice of the peace (1873–1882). He served in the Ohio House of Representatives (1881–1883; 1889–1891), the Senate (1891–1893), and in Washington D.C. as U.S. Postage Stamp Agent (1897–1906). Green was also the author of Recollections of the Inhabitants, Localities, Superstitions and Kuklux Outrages of the Carolinas (1880).
1. Chesnutt's collection of short stories, The Conjure Woman, was published by Houghton, Mifflin & Company in March 1899. [back]
2. At this time, John Patterson Green (1845–1940) was U.S. Postage Stamp Agent in Washington, DC., and had recently been in the news in the Black press, for controversial remarks he made at the Afro-American Council's annual meeting on 29 December of 1898. [back]
3. 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]
