Booker T. Washington to Charles Chesnutt, 26 October 1903 Booker T. Washington Browner, Stephanie P. Price, Kenneth M. Cohen, Matt Transcription and encoding Swift, Bianca Matheis, Caitlin Anderson, Antje Weakly, Laura K. Barney, Brett Center for Digital Research in the Humanities, University of Nebraska-Lincoln The New School University of Nebraska-Lincoln UCARE Program 2022 The Charles W. Chesnutt Archive
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 The Chesnutt Archive has two digital images of this letter. This is the transcript of sent, signed letter from the James Lowell Gibbs collection of African American documents at Cornell University (color .tif from microfilm). The other copy, ccda.corr01484, is the unsigned carbon copy, without the handwritten postscript included here, "Are you resting your pen?," to which Chesnutt responded in his reply, ccda.corr00018. Booker T. Washington to Charles Chesnutt, 26 October 1903 October 26, 1903 Cornell University James Lowell Gibbs collection of African-American documents, 1865-1918 4506 1 18 Correspondence typed copy signed Washington, Booker T. Tuskegee, Alabama Chesnutt, Charles W. (Waddell) Unknown Unknown Brett Barney removed smallcaps markup Brett Barney corrected normalized date Brett Barney instituted Stephanie's proofing corrections Laura K. Weaklyproofed; added classCode Antje Andersonannotated Caitlin Matheisproofed Bianca Swiftproofing Bianca Swifttranscribed and encoded BOOKER T. WASHINGTON, Principal. WARREN LOGAN, Treasurer. The..... TUSKEGEE NORMAL AND INDUSTRIAL INSTITUTE .....Tuskegee, Alabama..... For the Training of Colored Young Men and Women COMMITTEE ON INVESTMENT OF ENDOWMENT FUND MR. WM. H. BALDWIN. JR President Long Island Railroad 128 Broadway, New York City MR. J. G. PHELPS STOKES 47 Cedar St., New York City MR. GEORGE F. PEABODY 77 Pine St., New York City MR. ROBERT C. OGDEN 784 Broadway, New York City October 26, 1903. My Dear Mr. Chesnutt :--

Will you be kind enough to let me know something about the character and importance of the organization referred to in the enclosed letter. I would state in this connection that the sum mentioned would be no inducement for me to go to Cleveland because I get two or three times that amount elsewhere, but if it is a wealthy and influential organization, the amount received indirectly and later on would be more important than the sum mentioned.

I have not had time since my return from Europe to take up the thread of our former correspondence which I enjoyed very much.

I wonder if you have read my article in the October Atlantic Monthly, and how much of it, if any, you agree with? I suspect that we are about as far apart as usual.

Cleveland O.> Very sincerely yours, Booker T. Washington.

Are you resting your pen?

B.T.W.