The Booker T. Washington Papers, Vol.13, page 236, Feb. 1915, U. of Illinois Press

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The BOOKER T. WASHINGTON Papers To Emmett Jay Scott Biltmore Hotel, New York, N.Y. February I, 19~5 Dear Mr. Scott: There were three points in connection with the Be ngham Bank which ~ fear worked against the bank. fist. Mr. Woolvertont showed me a statement which proved that the Birmingham bank had an average tof] ten dollars in his bank during the last few months. These New York banks stick pretty close to the policy of helping out banks that keep a deposit with them. end: Mr. Smith2 In his telegram made it rather plain that he was very anxious to get the money from New York in order to reimburse him for the money lent the Colored bank. ark: Neither Mr. Woolverton nor myself liked the effort which was apparent in the telegram of placing the responsibility of saving the Colored bank on me. ~ will tell you more about it when see you. Yours very truly, B. T. W. TLI Con. 658 BOW Papers DLC. ~ Samuel Woolverton ~ ~ 865-~ 95s ), president of the Gallatin National Bank of New York City. 2 Thoreau Octaves Smith. To Monroe Nathan Work [Biltmore Hotel, New York Ci-ty3 Peb. 6, ~ 9 ~5 Aside from what they pay in taxes about how much do the colored people in the South contribute annual in all forms towards their own education. B. T. W. TWcSr Con. 664 BTW Papers DLC. 236