Charles W. Chesnutt to Booker T. Washington, 9 December 1901 Charles W. Chesnutt Browner, Stephanie P. Price, Kenneth M. Cohen, Matt Transcription and encoding Swift, Bianca Matheis, Caitlin S. 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, 9 December 1901 December 9, 1901 Transcription derived from scan of microfilmed original. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress Booker T. Washington papers, 1853-1946 https://lccn.loc.gov/mm78044669 MSS44669 39 36 Chesnutt, Charles Waddell Correspondence Chesnutt, Ethel Boston, Massachusetts The Marrow of Tradition typed letter signed Chesnutt, Charles W. (Waddell) Cleveland, Ohio Washington, Booker T. Unknown Unknown Laura K. Weaklycommented out prev/next links to unpublished letters Brett Barney instituted Stephanie's proofing corrections Laura K. Weaklyproofed Antje Andersonannotated Caitlin Matheisproofed Bianca Swiftproofed Caitlin Matheisproofed Bianca Swifttranscribing and encoding NOT ANSW'D 12/10
CHAS. W. CHESNUTT, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, 1005 WILLIAMSON BUILDING.
CLEVELAND, O. December 9, 1901. My dear Mr. Washington:-

Permit me to acknowledge receipt of your letter of December 5th, dated from the Crawford House, Boston, and to thank you very much for your cordial interest in "The Marrow of Tradition," and your kindly effort to secure for it a wide reading. I imagine that such people as Mr. and Mrs. Trask could do a great deal for a book among their friends and acquaintances; for, after all, it is the good word passed along from mouth to mouth which constitutes the best advertising for any book, or man, or cause.

"The Marrow of Tradition" is making its way gradually. It has not yet set the world on fire, but it is being read by a great many thoughtful people, and I hope, for several reasons that they ‸number may increase. Mr. Howells paid his respects to it in the North American Review for December, and it has been widely and favorably commented upon by the newspaper press.

I had a letter from my daughter the other day, and she is still filled with enthusiasm, and seems to enjoy her work at Tuskegee very much indeed.

Cordially yours, Chas. W. Chesnutt.