Charles W. Chesnutt to Booker T. Washington, 23 March 1907 Charles W. Chesnutt Stephanie Browner Kenneth M. Price Matt Cohen Transcription and encoding Swift, Bianca Matheis, Caitlin Anderson, Antje Weakly, Laura K. 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, 23 March 1907 March 23, 1907 Transcription derived from scan of microfilmed original. Library of Congress, Manuscript Divisions Booker T. Washington papers, 1853-1946 https://lccn.loc.gov/mm78044669 MSS44669 39 36 Chesnutt, Charles Waddell Correspondence Douglass, Frederick Villard, Oscar Garrison Browne, Hugh M. Baker, Ray Stannard Cedar Hill (Frederick Douglass National Historic Site) typed letter signed Chesnutt, Charles W. (Waddell) Cleveland, Ohio Washington, Booker T. Tuskegee, Alabama Unknown Laura K. Weaklycommented out links to unpublished prev/next Laura K. Weaklyproofed Antje Andersonannotated Caitlin Matheisproofed Bianca Swiftupdated Transcribing and encoding Bianca Swiftproofing Bianca Swifttranscribed and encoded
CHAS. W. CHESNUTT 1105 WILLIAMSON BUILDING CLEVELAND, O.
Cleveland, O., March 23, 1907.
Dr. Booker T. Washington, Tuskegee, Ala.
My dear Doctor Washington:-

I am in receipt of your favor of recent date, with reference to contributing toward the paying off of the mortgage on the Frederick Douglass home. I shall be very glad to contribute at least the sum of $25.00 to this good purpose, and will look up the name of the treasurer in some of the newspapers, and either send it to him or to you about the latter part of the month. I have had a good many calls made upon me recently, local and otherwise, and am not able to contribute very largely, but the cause is a worthy one, and ought to meet with a generous response from a number of contributors. Frederick Douglass was the most conspicuous colored man of his generation, and ably and nobly held his own among the orators of the anti-slavery agitation.

I see that you have written a life of Frederick Douglass; I hope to have the pleasure of reading it very soon. I have just written to Professor Browne, expressing my approval of the distribution of copies of Mr. Ray Stannard Baker's article. I have n't seen the article, but I saw a preliminary announcement of the series. I told Professor Browne that I am willing to accept your opinion and Mr. Villard's, as to the advisability of distributing it in the South.

Cordially yours, Chas. W. Chesnutt.