[John Jay Chapman, American essayist.] Autograph Draft of Letter to Kenneth Macgowan, President, Harvard Dramatic Club, regarding the reading of a play 'under the auspices of the Dramatic Club'.

2pp., 8vo. In fair condition, lightly aged. He writes that he will be 'most delighted to read the play under the auspices of the Dramatic Club'. He suggests a date, 'as being the farthest off & giving time generally', but if another is preferable, he 'can attend'. If Macgowan 'will fix the day and let know [sic] - (in case Monday is a bad day)', he will 'follow your decision'. Jacques Barzun, in his introduction to the 'John Jay Chapman Reader' (1998), writes: 'In 1905 Chapman established himself in Sylvania, a majestic house built by his friend Charles Platt on a tract of land adjoining Edgewater and Rokeby. Chapman became productive again in 1908, when he began publishing plays for adults and children. He and his wife ran a settlement house in Manhattan that year as well.'