William B. Pratt to Charles W. Chesnutt, 12 August 1920 William Brace Pratt Stephanie P. Browner Kenneth M. Price Matt Cohen Transcription, encoding, and annotation Ballard, Chaun 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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 William B. Pratt to Charles W. Chesnutt, 12 August 1920 August 12, 1920 Transcription derived from scan of microfilmed original. Western Reserve Historical Society Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, 1889-1932 MS 3370 1 1 Correspondence The Conjure Woman The Conjure Woman (film adaptation) typed letter signed Pratt, William B. Boston, Massachusetts Chesnutt, Charles W. (Waddell) Cleveland, Ohio Unknown Brett Barney checked; corrected Laura K. Weaklyreview Antje Andersonannotated; further corrections Chaun Ballard transcribed, encoded
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY SYNDICATE BUREAU W. B. PRATT MANAGER 4 PARK STREET BOSTON
FICTION BIOGRAPHY NATURE SERIES
CHILDREN'S STORIES JUVENILE VERSE SPECIAL ARTICLES
Aug. 12, 1920.
Mr. Charles W. Chesnutt, Cleveland, Ohio.
Dear Mr. Chesnutt:

We are very much interested in your letter advising that a motion picture producer is considering using a portion of THE CONJURE WOMAN. We will be only too glad to co-operate with you in this and authorize you to make the necessary arrangements.

In our present contracts it is customary to specify an equal division of motion picture sales but in the present case, our participation in the returns of this sale might well be on the basis of two-thirds to you and one-third to ourselves. We believe this is an equitable arrangement in view of the fact that the sale will be comsummatedconsummated by you.

We will be very much interested to hear from you what definite arrangements you succeed in making with the Micheaux Book and Film Company.

With kindest regards, we remain, Very truly yours, Houghton Mifflin Company WBP WBP/G