Vol.1: Autobiog. Vol.2: 1860-1889 Vol.3: 1889-1895 Vol.4: 1895-1898 Vol.5: 1899-1900 Vol.6: 1901-1902 Vol.7: 1903-1904 Vol.8: 1904-1906 Vol.9: 1906-1908 Vol.10: 1909-11 Vol.11: 1911-12 Vol.12: 1912-14 Vol.13: 1914-15 Vol.14: Index           All Writings Vol.1: Autobiog. Vol.2: 1860-1889 Vol.3: 1889-1895 Vol.4: 1895-1898 Vol.5: 1899-1900 Vol.6: 1901-1902 Vol.7: 1903-1904 Vol.8: 1904-1906 Vol.9: 1906-1908 Vol.10: 1909-11 Vol.11: 1911-12 Vol.12: 1912-14 Vol.13: 1914-15
Volume 1: Autobiographical Writings Volume 2: 1860-1889 Volume 3: 1889-1895 Volume 4: 1895-1898 Volume 5: 1899-1900 Volume 6: 1901-1902 Volume 7: 1903-1904 Volume 8: 1904-1906 Volume 9: 1906-8 Volume 10: 1909-11 Volume 11: 1911-12 Volume 12: 1912-14 Volume 13: 1914-15 Volume 14: Cumulative Index   BTWP Vol.2 Linked Table of Contents Front Matter, pp. i-x Contents, pp. xi-xxiv Introduction, pp. xxv-xxxvi Chronology, pp. xxxvii-xxxviii Symbols and Abbreviations, pp. xxxix-xl Documents, 1860-89, pp. 1-2 1860, pp. 3-8 2 Dec. 1861, pp. 9-13 20 Sept. 1867, pp. 14-16 20 Nov. 1868, pp. 17-18 1870, pp. 19-20 13 July 1872, pp. 21-22 1874-75, pp. 23-48 10 June 1875, pp. 48-67 12 Feb. 1877, pp. 67-68 27 June-26 July 1877, pp. 69-72 Aug. 1877, pp. 73-74 26 Mar. 1878, pp. 74-75 10 Feb. 1879, pp. 75-75 1 July 1879, pp. 76-76 1 Aug. 1880, pp. 77-77 Sept. 1880, pp. 78-85 Oct. 1880, pp. 85-92 Nov. 1880, pp. 92-94 Dec. 1880, pp. 94-100 Jan. 1881, pp. 101-107 Feb. 1881, pp. 107-111 Mar. 1881, pp. 111-120 Apr. 1881, pp. 120-126 May 1881, pp. 127-132 June 1881, pp. 132-135 July 1881, pp. 135-145 Sept. 1881, pp. 146-149 7 Oct. 1881, pp. 149-150 Nov. 1881, pp. 150-157 Dec. 1881, pp. 158-161 Jan. 1882, pp. 161-178 Feb. 1882, pp. 178-179 Mar. 1882, pp. 179-191 Apr. 1882, pp. 191-197 15 Apr.-14 July 1882, pp. 197-201 22 Apr. 1882, pp. 201-202 May 1882, pp. 202-205 22 June 1882, pp. 206-206 19 July 1882, pp. 207-207 2 Aug. 1882, pp. 207-208 Oct. 1882, pp. 208-210 8 Nov. 1882, pp. 210-213 8 Dec. 1882, pp. 213-214 Feb. 1883, pp. 215-220 Mar. 1883, pp. 221-226 Apr. 1883, pp. 226-229 17 May 1883, pp. 230-230 11 June 1883, pp. 230-233 July 1883, pp. 234-237 7 Aug. 1883, pp. 237-238 26 Sept. 1883, pp. 238-239 Oct. 1883, pp. 239-242 Nov. 1883, pp. 242-246 27 Dec. 1883, pp. 246-246 Feb. 1884, pp. 246-249 22 Mar. 1884, pp. 249-249 Apr. 1884, pp. 249-250 May 1884, pp. 250-255 16 July 1884, pp. 255-262 Sept. 1884, pp. 263-265 16 Oct. 1884, pp. 266-266 19 Jan. 1885, pp. 266-267 10 Feb. 1885, pp. 267-267 Mar. 1885, pp. 268-270 Apr. 1885, pp. 270-275 May 1885, pp. 275-277 June 1885, pp. 277-280 July 1885, pp. 280-282 31 Oct. 1885, pp. 283-283 26 Nov. 1885, pp. 283-283 Dec. 1885, pp. 284-289 Jan. 1886, pp. 290-293 Feb. 1886, pp. 293-297 10 Mar. 1886, pp. 298-298 21 Apr. 1886, pp. 298-305 7 July 1886, pp. 306-306 11 Aug. 1886, pp. 306-306 Sept. 1886, pp. 307-313 Nov. 1886, pp. 313-316 Dec. 1886, pp. 316-318 Jan. 1887, pp. 318-331 Feb. 1887, pp. 331-334 Mar. 1887, pp. 334-336 Apr. 1887, pp. 336-343 May 1887, pp. 343-356 June 1887, pp. 357-365 July 1887, pp. 365-379 Aug. 1887, pp. 379-381 Sept. 1887, pp. 382-390 Oct. 1887, pp. 390-393 Dec. 1887, pp. 393-397 1887, pp. 397-401 Jan. 1888, pp. 401-413 Feb. 1888, pp. 413-418 Mar. 1888, pp. 418-427 Apr. 1888, pp. 427-451 May 1888, pp. 451-459 June 1888, pp. 459-462 July 1888, pp. 462-473 Aug. 1888, pp. 473-480 Sept. 1888, pp. 480-483 Oct. 1888, pp. 484-488 Nov. 1888, pp. 488-494 Dec. 1888, pp. 495-497 1888, pp. 497-505 Jan. 1889, pp. 506-511 Feb. 1889, pp. 511-514 Mar. 1889, pp. 514-520 Apr. 1889, pp. 521-529 May 1889, pp. 530-532 Bibliography, pp. 533-537 Items from the Hampton Institute St..., pp. 538-540 Photographs, pp. 541-556 The page presentation framework of the Booker T. Washington papers is designed to provide researchers worldwide with searchable access to the thousands of pages comprising the fourteen volumes, most of which are out of print. Adapted from the National Academy Press's Open Book framework, this framework allows searching down to the page level, provides sorting of search results chronologically, enables easy navigation across multiple volumes, and allows page-by-page local printing (via PDF) of every page.

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SEPTEMBER · 1884 Olivia A. Davidson to Eleanor Jameson Williams Bakers Spruce Cottage Jackson, N.H. Sept. 6 [188432 Dear Mrs. Baker, I wish I could express to you my deep sense of all your kindness to me. I almost feel that it is an imposition, this having such long helpful letters from you in addition to all the arrangements and inquiries you are making for me. Your letter came yesterday, and I did not reply in this morning's mail because I wished to take a night to think of it, and then it was too late to send to the mail. This is my reply to your proposition. I am willing to do anything that promises to restore me to health. If it were not for the uncertainty about what is the real state of my health, I should perhaps hesitate about going again to a hospital, but since the opportunity offers to assure myself whether or not there is internal trouble, I think it would not be wisdom to fad] to benefit by it. My friends at Framingham are anxious to have me come there, and if it were not that I do not know what is the matter with me, and the fear that I might be losing time in trying to get well by resting only, I think I would prefer going there to going any place else as one, at least, of my best earthly friends is there (the one with whom I have been this summer, and who has made me strong so often when I have grown discouraged). I was not surprised to learn that Mrs. Hemenway offers me a home at Readville for the present, as this is only in keeping with her great kindness throughout. When I was at the hospital she came in person to tell me that I need have no hesitancy in applying to her for whatever I needed. If I were very, very rich in money, I could not repay Mrs. Hemenway all I owe her, for whatever my life has been worth to me and to others in the past few years is due to her. Through her the whole tenor of my life has been changed. Thinking of all her kindness to me and all I owe to her I have been unwilling to burden her so soon with my helplessness. Three years was not long for one to work in a new field before completely breaking down was it? But since before I was well grown I have had a life, always full of work, and often full to overflowing of trouble and suffering, so that when I went into the work at Tuskegee, though fresh from school I was not fresh in bodily and mental strength. 263