To A. S. Suvorin, 16 June 1891. Bogimovo.

Written from Bogimovo to Aleksei Sergeyevich Suvorin, publisher of Novoye Vremya and Chekhov’s closest correspondent: dateline, header date, and a run of short paragraphs (business over a submitted story and his debts, an estate inquiry, weather and a carriage accident, house guests, a query about a fellow writer, travel arrangements, closing remarks, signature, and a wry postscript), all addressed to the same correspondent throughout.

Chekhov is sending Suvorin a story for Novoye Vremya – calling it "thin" and written only for money, since he is, in his own phrase, sitting without a kopeck – and asks that half the fee go against his standing debt to the paper, the rest sent to him at once, for the rest of the summer. The remaining balance he owes Suvorin personally is to be settled from book proceeds, a matter he says he has already raised with Zandrok. He also asks Suvorin to suggest a better title for the story. The middle section reports on a bad carriage accident during a late-night drive after a local picnic, the visiting Natasha Lintvaryova and a visit from the local constable over Chekhov’s passport, and a query about whether a story by Sergeyenko has appeared yet. He closes with travel plans to meet Suvorin in Tula on his way to Feodosia and a closing quip about being tired of writing "peasant" material and needing to "take up generals" instead.