Charles W. Chesnutt to Booker T. Washington, 27 October 1904 Charles W. Chesnutt Browner, Stephanie P. Price, Kenneth M. Cohen, Matt Transcription, encoding, and proofing 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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 Charles W. Chesnutt to Booker T. Washington, 27 October 1904 October 27, 1904 Transcription derived from scan of microfilmed original. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress Booker T. Washington papers, 1853-1946 https://lccn.loc.gov/mm78044669 MSS44669 524 393 Chesnutt, Charles Waddell Correspondence Oberlin College Washington, Margaret Murray Kline, Virgil P. typed letter signed Chesnutt, Charles W. (Waddell) Cleveland, Ohio Washington, Booker T. Tuskegee, Alabama Unknown Brett Barney incorporated Stephanie's proofing corrections Caitlin Matheisproofed Antje Andersonannotated Caitlin Matheisproofed Bianca Swiftupdated proofing Bianca SwiftProofing Bianca SwiftTranscribing and encoding
CHAS. W. CHESNUTT 1005 WILLIAMSON BUILDING. CLEVELAND, O.
October 27, 1904.
Dr. Booker T. Washington, Tuskegee, Ala.
My dear Mr. Washington:-

As I learn that you are to be in this city on January 11th, to lecture in the Temple Course, I should consider it an honor if you could make my house your stopping place as long as you are in the city.

One of my friends, Mr. Virgil P. Kline, at the head of one of the largest law firms of the city, and counsel for the Standard Oil Company and Mr. Rockefeller, is very desirous of meeting you, and knowing of our acquaintance has asked me to extend to you an invitation to dine with him during your stay in the city. He has a beautiful home and influential acquaintance, and although a Democrat (of the Gold variety), is profoundly interested in the race problem. If your engagements will permit, I am sure you would enjoy meeting him.

Mrs. Washington passed through the city recently on her way to Oberlin and called at the house where we were living when you were last here; but as we had moved several months before, to a point some distance from that place her stay was not long enough to enable her to reach us. Mrs. Chesnutt and I regret very much that she missed us and hope that we may have the pleasure of seeing her on some other occasion.

Cordially yours, Chas. W. Chesnutt.