Charles W. Chesnutt to M. A. De Wolfe Howe, 31 October 1899 Charles W. Chesnutt Stephanie Browner Kenneth M. Price Matt Cohen Transcription, encoding, and annotation 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 M. A. De Wolfe Howe, 31 October 1899 October 31, 1899 Rare Books and Manuscripts, University Libraries, Pennsylvania State University Charles Waddell Chesnutt letters, 1899-1900 1969-0092R VF Lit Correspondence Frederick Douglass autograph letter signed Chesnutt, Charles W. (Waddell) Cleveland, Ohio Howe, M. A. De Wolfe Boston, Massachusetts Unknown Laura K. Weaklycommented out prev/next links to unpublished letters Kevin McMullencorrected, proofed Laura K. Weaklyproofed Caitlin Matheisproofed Samantha Gilmoretranscribed, encoded, and annotated Chesnutt
64 Brenton St. Cleveland, O.,
Oct. 31, 1899 My dear Mr. Howe,

I send you herewith last batch of the body of the Douglass Biog. I have chopped it up some, but only as I thought I could improve it; sometimes a sentence has an insidious way of seeming to be right when it will not stand analysis. I have been a little bit particular, for I want these first books of mine to be as good as I can make ‸them —though I do not mean to slight any later ones—I shall go to work on the preface, Chronology & Bibliography and will forward them tomorrow or next day.

Sincerely yours, Chas. W. Chesnutt.
M. A. De Wolfe Howe, Esq., Boston, Mass.