Emilie Skarabotta to Charles W. Chesnutt, 11 August 1931 Emilie Skarabotta Stephanie P. Browner Kenneth M. Price 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 2025 The Charles W. Chesnutt Archive
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 Emilie Skarabotta to Charles W. Chesnutt, 11 August 1931 August 11, 1931 Transcription derived from scan of original. Western Reserve Historical Society Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers MS 3370 1 6 Correspondence Chesnutt, Helen M. Dill, Robert A. Moore, Helen C. Slade, John C. typed copy unsigned Skarabotta, Emilie Chesnutt, Charles W. (Waddell) Kevin McMullen proofed Laura K. Weakly review Antje Anderson annotated, made further corrections Chaun Ballard transcribed, encoded August 11, 1931 Dear Mr. Chesnutt:

Received your interesting letter that other day, and am finally answering it. It's cool enough to work now -- too cold to be comfortable outside -- but for the first time in a long while I don't happen to have an order. However, Miss Moore got one this morning, and we're still putting in attendances, and I might have one before the day is over.

I suppose Miss Chesnutt wrote you that she collected the rent from Mr. Dill.

Glad to hear you are enjoying your vacation, and hope fishing has improved now that we have rainy weather -- is n't that supposed to improve it? I suppose you catch enough fish for breakfast every so often, even though you have n't caught the biggest fish of the season, or anything like that.

Johnny probably keeps you busy while you are n't fishing. He's so lively, he probably makes you all step around to keep up with him and keep him out of mischief. Be sure to give him my regards, will you?

I don't know how many newspapers and magazines I have for you, but I'll send you some soon. It's the 11th of August already, so will you please let me know when you want me to stop sending them to you?

Regards from us all, and keep on having a good time and spending your money "slowly and judiciously".

Sincerely yours,