The Booker T. Washington Papers, Vol.2, page 394, Dec. 1887, U. of Illinois Press

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The BOOKER T . WASHINGTON Papers many of these people are guilty, such as using so much whiskey and tobacco especially. There are very few own land, because these two things take all the cash they make. Mr. Washington, I would like to take the Southern Letter. Please send it, and I will send the money at any time. Write soon. Yours truly, ~ ~ ~ . - . . Missouri C. Strong ALS Con. go BTW Papers DLC. ~ Probably Flemington, Ala., in Pike County about 50 miles south of Tuskegee. From Charlotte L. Forten Grimier Jacksonville, Fla. Dec. 2 '87 Dear Sir, The near approach of the 80th birthday of the poet Whittier suggests to my mind a plan in which I would be very glad to have your co-operation. My suggestion is that the pupils of each of the leading colored schools of the South should contribute something towards a birthday present for the venerable poet, as a token of their admiration & esteem, and their gratitude for his earnest, untiring labors in behalf of our race. I presume all the older pupils in the schools know some thing of his life and his writings, and each action might therefore be confined only to them. ~ know the pupils in our schools are poor, but ~ suppose there are few who could not contribute the sum of ten cents, and in a large school, this would amount to a sufficient sum, for it would not be necessary to buy a valuable present. The simplest thing, as a token of their appreciation, would be sufficient. I know Mr. Whittier very well personally, and ~ know that such an offering would be most pleasing & gratifying to him. If you think favorably of it, will you propose the plan to your pupils? ~ am suggesting it to two other important colored schools, also. Mr. Whittier's birthday will be on the Pith of this month. His address is Oak Knoll, Danvers, Mass. Anything sent by express would be sure to reach him there. If something characteristically Southern, or Alabamian, could be sent him, I think it would be peculiarly fitting. If 394