The Booker T. Washington Papers, Vol.2, page 239, Oct. 1883, U. of Illinois Press

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OCTOBER · 1883 at various times as matron, housekeeper, head of the night school, and, from 1888 to 1890, acting lady principal. She resigned from the Tuskegee faculty in 1890, returning to teach in Virginia, but taught again at Tuskegee from 1897 to 1899. 3 Addie J. Wallace was born in Milledgeville, Gal, in 1862 and graduated from Hampton in ~ 88~. She taught at Tuskegee for the three years ~ 883-86. She resigned to marry William C. Brown, settling in Macon, Ga. ~ ~ , _ ~ ~ To [Samuel Chapman Armstrong] Tuskegee, Ala., Oct ~ I, ~ 883 Dear Gen'l: Yours of the 8 inst in regard to the series of meetings North is rec'd. We are heartily thankful for the opportunity and I shall be ready to comply with the request. The arrangement for Dec. 4 will suit me. Shall go to Montgomery tomorrow night to see Mr. Armstrong.2 Shall do my best to get him to attend. Will write again after I have seen him. The Alabama legislature does not assemble this year. Our boarding dept is going nicely. School has never been so full as now. We have in all 8 teachers this year. All send love. Sincerely & gratefully yours B. T. Washington ALS BTW Folder President's Office Vault ViHaI. Armstrong is established as the correspondent by BTW's promise to write again on his return from Montgomery, which he did three days later. (See BTW to Armstrong, Oct. ~4, 1883.) ~ Armstrong arranged to take BTW and a quartet of Hampton singers on a tour of important northern cities to raise funds for Tuskegee Institute. 2 Henry Clay Armstrong. To Samuel Chapman Armstrong Tuskegee, Ala., Oct. ~4 ~ 883 Dear Gen'l: I have just returned from seeing Colonel H. C. Armstrong. He says that he will go, though he may have to ask that the dates of the meetings be changed to a week earlier or a week later. 239