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Small, Maynard & Company to Charles W. Chesnutt, 15 March 1922

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  • Source Text: Small, Maynard & Company to Charles W. Chesnutt, 15 March 1922, Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 2.
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  SMALL, MAYNARD & COMPANY Incorporated Publishers 41 Mt. Vernon Street BOSTON March 15, 1922 Mr. Chas. W. Chestnutt, 1106 Williamson Bldg., Cleveland, Ohio Dear Sir:

We have your letter of March 9th and regret to advise you that we are unable to supply your order for four copies of your LIFE OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS in the Beacon Biographies Series1 as this title is at present out of stock.

We have tried to secure copies for you at the local bookstores here but have been unable to do so.

Very sincerely yours, SMALL, MAYNARD & COMPANY, Inc. S AJS/S  
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Correspondent: Small, Maynard & Company was the publisher of Chesnutt's biography of Frederick Douglass (1899). Following the departure of co-founder Herbert Small (1869–1903) in 1900, the company was purchased by the Massachusetts financier and publisher Norman H. White (1871–1951) in 1907. By 1927, the company filed for bankrupcy, and White was found guilty of grand larceny in connection with the company's failure.



1. Chesnutt's biography Frederick Douglass appeared in the Beacon Series of Biographies of Eminent Americans (Boston: Small, Maynard, 1899). It was the first biography after Douglass's death and the first written by an African American. [back]

  • Cite (Chicago style): Small, Maynard & Co., "Small, Maynard & Company to Charles W. Chesnutt, 15 March 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.corr01578.
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