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Walter D. Sayle to Charles W. Chesnutt, 6 June 1922

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  • Source Text: Walter D. Sayle to Charles W. Chesnutt, 6 June 1922, Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 2.
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  WALTER D. SAYLE CLEVELAND June 6, 1922. Mr. Chas. Waddell Chesnutt, 9719 Lamont, N. E., City. Dear Sir:-

Having read in the evening News of June 5th, of your desire to visit Latin America,1 I am taking the libery of mailing to you, under separate cover, a small book which I wrote as a record of my trip thru those countries.2

Should you spare the time to read this book, please bear in mind that it was written by a layman and only as a record for his friends.

Very respectfully yours, W.D. Sayle/IN.

Edghill Rd, cor Overlook

Cleve Hghts

City3



Correspondent: Walter Daniel Sayle (1860–1941) was a prominent White Cleveland business owner whose wealth came from tool manufacturing and banking. He was an avid traveler and wrote two books in the 1920s about his travels in the US and Latin America.



1. Chesnutt had expressed his wish to travel in Latin America in an interview he gave to a reporter from the Cleveland News for a profile, "Mental Photos, No. 97—Charles Waddell Chesnutt," Cleveland News (June 5, 1922): 13. He never visited. [back]

2. In 1921, Sayle self-published A Trip to the Land of Romance, a 100-page account with many photographs of the three-month trip he and his wife, Joanne Chichester Sayle (1862–1941), took to Latin America that year. [back]

3. Walter D. Sayle's home address was 2380 Overlook Rd. in Cleveland Heights, an 1896 mansion at the corner of Overlook and Edgehill Roads. [back]

  • Cite (Chicago style): Walter D. Sayle, "Walter D. Sayle to Charles W. Chesnutt, 6 June 1922," The Charles W. Chesnutt Archive, Gen. Ed. Stephanie P. Browner, Matt Cohen, and Kenneth M. Price, accessed December 5, 2025. https://chesnuttarchive.org/item/ccda.corr00846.
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