Charles W. Chesnutt to Henry Clay Tyson, 20 December 1921 Charles W. Chesnutt Stephanie P. Browner Kenneth M. Price Matt Cohen Transcription, encoding, and annotation Ballard, Chaun Anderson, Antje Weakly, Laura K. McMullen, Kevin Center for Digital Research in the Humanities, University of Nebraska-Lincoln The New School 2024 The Charles W. Chesnutt Archive
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 Charles W. Chesnutt to Henry Clay Tyson, 20 December 1921 Decemberer 20, 1921 Transcription derived from scan of microfilmed original. Western Reserve Historical Society Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers MS 3370 1 1 Correspondence Henderson, William E. Harding, Warren G. Tyson, Jane Beze Perry Tyson, Edwin French Washington, D.C. Birmingham, Alabama Charlotte, North Carolina typed copy unsigned Chesnutt, Charles W. (Waddell) Tyson, H. Clay Washington, D. C. Kevin McMullenproofed Laura K. Weaklyreview Antje Andersonannotated, further corrections Chaun Ballard transcribed, encoded December 20, 1921.
H. C. Tyson, Esq., 2124 K. Street, N. W., Washington, D. C.
My dear Clay:

I have your letter with reference to Will Henderson's ambition to become recorder of deeds in Washington, and shall be very glad to write to the President a letter endorsing him, if that is the proper thing to do. I don't know the President personally, and have no idea how far, if at all, my endorsement would influence him.

The President is very slow about giving appointments to colored men. He made a very fine pronouncement at Birmingham on the rights of the Negro, but he rather offset it in the second part of his speech, which was it seems to me entirely uncalled for, and had no relation to the first part at all. I hope he can be made to see the light.

I am glad your son is prospering so nicely in Charlotte, and hope you left him and his family well. Give him my regards when you write. Also give my love to Jane.

Wishing you both a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, I remain

Sincerely yours, CWC/FL