The Booker T. Washington Papers, Vol.2, page 380, Aug. 1887, U. of Illinois Press

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The BOOKER T. WASHINGTON Papers the Marine Savings Bank in New London, Conn., was trustee of the estate left for philanthropic purposes by Henry P. Haven. 3 ]. Willis Menard, editor of the Jacksonville Leader, was the first black man elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. In December 1868, Governor Henry Clay Warmoth of Louisiana certified that Menard had been elected to fill a vacancy from the second district of Louisiana for the second session of the Fortieth Congress. A white man, Caleb S. Hunt, contested the election and the House settled the matter by rejecting both claims and leaving the seat vacant. Before Menard's claim was rejected, however, he was allowed to plead his case and thus earned the distinction of being the first Negro to speak on the floor of the House of Representatives. Only thirty at the time, Menard later settled in Florida, first editing the Florida News and later the Jacksonville Leader. Menard supported the Tuskegee idea of education and protested against the almost exclusive use of white teachers in most black colleges. ''We demand educated colored teachers for colored schools,'' wrote Menard in 1885, ''because their color identity makes them more interested in the advancement of colored children than white teachers, and because colored pupils need the social contact of colored teachers.'' (Quoted in McPherson, ''White Liberals and Black Power,'' ~36~.) From Samuel Chapman Armstrong Manchester Mass Aug 5 ~ ~ 887 ?] Dear Mr Washington Glad to hear from you & that you are improving. Please write me at once when & where ~ can see Dr Sargent as ~ wish to put myself under his care but I cannot go into town till next Wed. the Both. Then I go to Mrs. Walter Bakers at Dorchester with my girls. I wish to get all possible benefit from Dr Sargent's care. How long do the lessons last? Does the school soon stop? What are the hours of each days lessons? I think a set of gymnastic habits for daily life are very important. I will try to see you. ~ am glad your wife is so well. Please remember me kindly to her. Sincerely yours S. C. Armstrong ALS Con. ~ BTW Papers ATT. Eleanor Jameson Williams Baker. 380