Charles W. Chesnutt to Henry Clay Tyson, 22 November 1922 Charles W. Chesnutt Stephanie P. Browner Kenneth M. Price Transcription, encoding, and annotation Pasela, Nevaeh Anderson, Antje Weakly, Laura K. McMullen, Kevin Center for Digital Research in the Humanities, University of Nebraska-Lincoln The New School 2025 The Charles W. Chesnutt Archive
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 Charles W. Chesnutt to Henry Clay Tyson, 22 November 1922 November 22, 1922 Transcription derived from scan of original. Western Reserve Historical Society Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers MS 3370 1 2 Correspondence Chesnutt, Susan Utley Perry Chesnutt, Edwin J. Tyson, Jane Beze Perry typed copy unsigned Chesnutt, Charles W. (Waddell) Tyson, Henry Clay Washington, D.C. Kevin McMullen proofed Laura K. Weakly review Antje Anderson annotated, made further corrections Nevaeh Pasela transcribed, encoded November 22, 1922.
Mr. H. C. Tyson, 2125 K Street, Washington, D. C.
My dear Clay:

I have your letter of November 16th, and am delighted to hear from you and to know that you are well and getting a grip on a new business, which at your age or mine is not as easy as it was in earlier years. You must have taken some little time to get accustomed not to have to go to the office at a certain hour and stay until a certain hour. I certainly wish you success in your new venture.

As to my own health, it is in fair condition. I have been troubled more or less a couple of years with a condition of the stomach which kept me feeling rather mean a good part of the time, though it did n't affect my fundamental health. However, I changed doctors recently and find myself very much improved indeed, in fact, I should say that at present my general physical condition is practically normal.

I enjoyed my trip this summer very much indeed. I spent a good part of my time fishing, and I would go up to the Clubhouse to dinner, play cards for an hour or two afterwards, and then dance until the home waltz. I was one of the sights of the place. It is a very delightful summer resort at Idlewild. My wife wants me to buy her a cottage up there but I have n’t done so yet. Susie and the girls are well. The girls work hard all the year and then go away to various universities in the summer time to study for degrees of one kind or another. Ned is in Chicago and is coming home for Thanksgiving, the first visit he has paid us for about two years, although we did see him for a week or ten days in Michigan this summer.

Please give my love to Jane and the rest of your folks when you see them. Susie and the girls join me in love to you both, and I hope to meet you again some time in the near future.

Sincerely yours, CWC/FL