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Letter from Charles Chesnutt to publishers Houghton Mifflin regarding the possible publication of a book of short stories to be titled "Rena Walden and Other Stories" or just "Rena Walden". One of the short stories, "Rena Walden", would go on to become Chesnutt's first published book The House Behind the Cedars.


The letter is not dated. Kept at Charles W. Chesnutt Library Archives & Special Collections Department at Fayetteville State University, Fayetteville, NC

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1880

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Chesnutt, library, history, historical document, Charles chesnutt, correspondence, letters, house behind the cedars

7-13 Letter To Houghton Mifflin

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