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OCTOBER · 1881 To James Fowle Baldwin Marshall Tuskegee, Ala., Sept c8 188 Dear Gent: Please find enclosed post office orders for $gs and letters from Miss Longstrethi and Gen. Armstrong assuming $~es.oo of the debt. I will not need, however, to accept all of Gen. A's loan as I shall be able next week to send you at least $~5 more in cash. If these letters do not give satisfaction please let me know and I will forward the cash next week. We are all under many obligations to you for your kindness. We now begin to see our way to the light. Our work is growing rapidly. Faithfully yours P.S. Please return letters. ALS BTW Folder President's Once Vault ViHaI. B. T. Washington Mary Anna Lor~gstreth (~8~-84) conducted a small school in Philadelphia with her sister for fifty years after 18~9. In 187a, becoming interested in Hampton Institute, she raised funds and collected materials in the Philadephia area. In ~ 898 the Mary Anna Longstreth Alumnae Association was formed to carry on charitable work in her memory. To James Fowle Baldwin Marshall Tuskegee, Ala., Oct. 7 ~ 88 Dear Gent: You will find enclosed post office orders for $ to be credited on your loan. I fee] much encouraged by the generous response of friends. In a few more weeks I think that I shall be able to send you the teal. due. I have just rec'd a letter from the Smith Organ Company of Boston saying that they have made us a donation of one of their organs. Mrs. Hemingway2 and Prof. Warrens are doing much for us. We have about seventy students now and new ones come in every week. ~ met the state supt. a few days ago in Montgomery and he seems to be much pleased with our work. i49