Charles W. Chesnutt to Horace Traubel, 2 June 1905 Charles W. Chesnutt Stephanie Browner Kenneth M. Price Matt Cohen Transcription, encoding, proofing, and annotation Gilmore, Samantha Stewart, Ashlyn 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 Horace Traubel, 2 June 1905 June 2, 1905 Transcription derived from scan of the original. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress Horace Traubel and Anne Montgomerie Traubel Papers MSS43141 58 Correspondence Whitman, Walt New York, New York typed letter signed Chesnutt, Charles W. (Waddell) Cleveland, Ohio Traubel, Horace Camden, New Jersey Unknown Kevin McMullencorrected, proofed Laura K. Weaklyproofed Samantha Gilmoreadded correspondent ref Samantha Gilmoreadded source text code in header Samantha Gilmoreadded keywords and ptrs Samantha Gilmorerevised annotations Caitlin Matheisproofed Samantha Gilmoreproofread letter Caitlin Matheistranscribed, encoded and annotated letter
CHAS. W. CHESNUTT 1005 WILLIAMSON BUILDING CLEVELAND, O.
Cleveland, June 2, 1905.
Mr. Horace L. Traubel, Camden, N. J.
My dear Mr. Traubel:-

Your kind note asking me for a word to read on the occasion of the Walt Whitman Fellowship Meeting on May 31st, came duly to hand. I did not reply promptly because I have been exceedingly busy for the past month, and had hoped to be present in New York at the date of the meeting, when I should have looked up the convention and said my word in person. This I was unfortunately not able to accomplish because of business reasons, and I was therefore not in the thing at all, except in spirit. I hope for better luck another time. What I look forward to with more pleasure than anything else, had I been able to be in New York, was the pleasure of meeting you, which I still hope to enjoy on some favorable occasion.

Yours very truly, Chas. W. Chesnutt.