Albion W. Tourgée to Charles W. Chesnutt, [1895, after 3 September] Albion W. Tourgeé Stephanie P. Browner Kenneth M. Price Matt Cohen Transcription, encoding, and annotation Swift, Bianca Matheis, Caitlin S. Gilmore, Samantha Weakly, Laura K. McMullen, Kevin Barney, Brett Center for Digital Research in the Humanities, University of Nebraska-Lincoln The New School 2022 The Charles W. Chesnutt Archive
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 Albion W. Tourgée to Charles W. Chesnutt, [1895, after 3 September] [1895, after 3 September] This draft letter is written on the back of the second page of Chesnutt's September 3, 1895, letter to Tourgée.   Chautauqua County Historical Society The Albion W. Tourgee Papers 8826 Correspondence autograph draft unsigned Tourgée, Albion W. Mayville, New York Chesnutt, Charles W. (Waddell) Cleveland, Ohio Brett Barney incorporated Matt's proofing corrections Brett Barney incorporated Stephanie's proofing corrections Laura K. Weaklyproofed Kevin McMullencreated file, moving over text from ccda.corr00236 (this letter was previously part of that file; the rest of the revisionDesc info comes from that file) Laura K. Weaklyproofed Samantha Gilmoreadded correspondent ref Samantha Gilmoreadded source text code in header Samantha Gilmoreadded keywords and ptrs Samantha Gilmoreannotated Caitlin Matheisproofed Bianca Swifttranscribed and encoded Chas. W. Chesnutt:

My dear Sir: Yours with check for $15.- and new addresses of 10 subscribers received. No doubt what you say in explanation of the colored people's cause is entirely correct. The causes are not ‸so important as the fact. It seems to me needful that they should embrace every chance to acquire white association—become familiar to white people's thought as operative, business, literary and every other sort of associates. I think it would have been worth almost everything to have had a colored associate Editor on the Basis, &c, &c.

The distrust and jealousy among the most successful prevents their taking hold of any such thing. They insist on going alone and then find fault because they are not helped along and given better terms. I am sorry for it, but I can't help it. The

Well, I suppose it is much better for me. To show you the contrast, however, let me say that a good woman has lately put into my hands quite a sum to be used for the Basis, "because it is an effective champion of the rights of all without regard to race or color."

We are getting on nicely and may be said to have safely passed the shallows.

Yours T (Over)