Charles W. Chesnutt to George Washington Cable, 17 October 1889 Charles W. Chesnutt Stephanie Browner Kenneth M. Price Matt Cohen Transcription, encoding, annotating Swift, Bianca Gilmore, Samantha Matheis, Caitlin S. Weakly, Laura K. McMullen, Kevin Center for Digital Research in the Humanities, University of Nebraska-Lincoln The New School 2022 The Charles W. Chesnutt Archive
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 Charles W. Chesnutt to George Washington Cable, 17 October 1889 October 17, 1889 Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, Tulane University George Washington Cable Papers LaRC-2 17 8 Correspondence House Behind the Cedars typed letter signed Chesnutt, Charles W. (Waddell) Cleveland, Ohio Cable, George Washington Kevin McMullencorrected, proofed Laura K. Weaklyproofed Samantha Gilmoreadded correspondent ref Samantha Gilmoreadded source text code in header Laura K. Weaklyproofed Caitlin Matheishyphen proof Caitlin Matheisproofed Samantha Gilmoreannotated Bianca Swifttranscribed and encoded Cleveland, O., Oct. 17, 1889. Dear Mr. Cable:-

I return the MS. It contains my ideas, and I am quite willing to let it go in its present shape. If it would not interfere with your plan, however, I would suggest one or two changes.:—

The repetition of the word "because" might be avoided by putting it at the end of the main proposition, followed by a dash, instead of at the beginning of each argument.

Is not the second argument a little obscure? I thought of this: "This suppression, as practiced, is not confined to the Negroes who are not educated, but bears down with equal weight upon the educated Negro."

It seems to me that the eighth, ‸and ninth, and tenth propositions are rather minor propositions to support the seventh, than directly in support of the main proposition, and might be marked (a) and (b) and (c), leaving the tenth and 11th to be called the 8th and 9th.

I do not insist upon these changes, as perhaps your arrangement may be imperative in connection with the other papers. It has occurred to me that the word "suppress" might be replaced with something else in one or two places with a gain in strength and no loss in clearness, though that, with the rest, I leave to you.

Yours very Truly, Chas. W. Chesnutt—
30 Blackstone Bld'g Cleveland, O.