Charles W. Chesnutt to George Washington Cable, 2 February 1889 Charles W. Chesnutt Stephanie Browner Kenneth M. Price Matt Cohen Transcription, encoding, annotating Gilmore, Samantha Swift, Bianca McMullen, Kevin Weakly, Laura K. Matheis, Caitlin S. Barney, Brett Center for Digital Research in the Humanities, University of Nebraska-Lincoln The New School 2021 The Charles W. Chesnutt Archive
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 Charles W. Chesnutt to George Washington Cable, 2 February 1889 February 2, 1889 Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, Tulane University George Washington Cable Papers LaRC-2 17 8 Correspondence Negro's Answer to the Negro Question autograph letter signed Chesnutt, Charles W. (Waddell) Cleveland, Ohio Cable, George Washington Northampton, Massachusetts Kevin McMullen implemented Matt's corrections Brett Barney changed note reference to point to a special version of n.lit00032 Kevin McMullenupdated image links Samantha Gilmoreadded correspondent ref Samantha Gilmoreadded keywords and ptrs Caitlin Matheissmall caps and hyphen proofing Caitlin Matheisproofed Samantha Gilmoreannotated Laura K. Weakly proofed Kevin McMullen proofed Bianca Swift transcribed and encoded TELEPHONE 605.
CHAS. W. CHESNUTT, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, ROOM 8, 219 SUPERIOR ST. NOTARY PUBLIC.
CLEVELAND, O. Febry. 2, 1889 My Dear Mr. Cable:-

MS. received, with accompanying note. I have adopted your suggestions literally, and have given the paper the title last suggested by you. I have only to look at the re-written MS. to see that your cuts have enhanced the dignity and effectiveness of the paper, and thereby more than compensated for any loss made by the excisions.

I will forward you in a few days several type–written copies of the MSS., of which you are at liberty to make any use you may see fit.

Thanks for the criticisms contained in your marginal notes; they will be of value to me in other ways than in connection with this article. I return the MS. herewith, and hope to be able at some time, to express to you in person my thanks for your favors to me.

Very respectfully yours, Chas. W. Chesnutt.