Ralph T. Hale to Charles W. Chesnutt, 8 August 1919 Ralph T. Hale Stephanie P. Browner Kenneth M. Price Matt Cohen Transcription, encoding, and annotation Swift, Bianca Anderson, Antje Weakly, Laura K. Barney, Brett Center for Digital Research in the Humanities, University of Nebraska-Lincoln The New School 2024 The Charles W. Chesnutt Archive
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 Ralph T. Hale to Charles W. Chesnutt, 8 August 1919 August 8, 1919 Transcription derived from scan of microfilmed original. Western Reserve Historical Society Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers 1889-1932 MS 3370 1 1 Correspondence Aunt Hagar's Children typed letter signed Hale, Ralph T. Boston, Massachusetts Chesnutt, Charles W. (Waddell) Cleveland, Ohio Unknown Brett Barney checked; corrected Laura K. Weaklyreview Antje Andersonannotated; further corrections Bianca Swifttranscribed
Western Union Code Cable Address: Granary, Boston SMALL, MAYNARD & COMPANY Incorporated Publishers 41 Mt. Vernon Street BOSTON Office of the Editor
August 8, 1919 My dear Mr. Chesnutt:--

We do not dare to make the venture with AUNT HAGAR'S CHILDREN. It is after all dialect, and we feel very dubious about its success in book form.

I wish to thank you cordially for remembering us with the manuscript, which I regretfully send back to you today.

Sincerely yours, Ralph T. Hale
Mr. Charles W. Chesnutt 1105Williamson1105 Williamson Building Cleveland, Ohio.
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