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NOVEMBER . ~ 9 ~ O From Portia Marshall Washington Pittman ''Washington, D.C.] Nov. 3, No My clear father: I thank you with all my heart, for the assistance rendered me and my family. We appreciate it beyond words. You have no idea how much it was needed. My poor husband is under such tremendous obligations just now I trust we can pull through. I am so worried and nervous I don't know what to do. I pray each night for work to come for the sake of these little folks of ours. That trip was such a grand one papa. You must be a happy man to cause the people to worship you so for the good you do. I wish my life could be so full of service as yours is. It is certainly a grand thing to be like that and I am so proud of you and Mr. Pittman almost worships you. Lots of love, Your daughter Portia ALS Con. BTW Papers DLC. To Horace W. Carpentiert Wilmington, N.C. Nov. t4], No My dear General Carpentier: I thank you so very much for your kind letter relating to my return from Europe.2 I had a very interesting trip. I am glad that you see the point which has been impressed upon me more and more since I returned, and that is that my trip through Europe has had a reflex influence in this country which has been most helpful. Curiously enough, I find that the Southern white people are just as proud of the fact that attention was shown me by royalty in Europe as was true of any other class of people. I am writing from North Carolina. I have just finished making a tour through this state in company with about twenty prominent colored men from North Carolina and elsewhere. I have been speaking on an average of from four to five times a day, and these 437