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MARC H · 1888 From S. M. Phillips' Natchitoches La. Mar. ~ oth ~ 888 Dear Sir: Your letter was received yesterday the petty salary that you offered amused me, but lo! when I glanced for a second time at the heading of the letter & saw that your school was for the colored race, my chagrin was too great for smiles. Hoping this will terminate our correspondence, I remain Very Respectfully, Miss Phillips ALS Con. go BTW Papers DLC. ~ Miss S. M. Phillips, ''desirous of securing a situation in some Normal School or College as 'Training' teacher,'' wrote to BTW on Feb. 26, 1888. (Con. 87, BTW Papers, DLC.) She presented herself as a ''teacher of considerable experience,'' specializing in elocution and educational methods. From Alice M. Ferribee Lewis St. Louis. March lath 1888 Dear Friend and Schoolmate. I have read and heard a great deal of your wonderful success as a leader of our race, and have always felt proud of you as a classmate of mine. I hope that your prosperity may ever continue and that you may live long to do much good before going to receive your great reward in heaven. Maybe you have heard from Mr. Lewis and I from time to time, how we have struggled with helping our people by building up churches and Sunday schools. Mr. Lewis was sent here to secure the deed for a church which none of the former pastors had been able to get, on account of the property having been made over to a man's wife. It has given us lots of trouble and I don't want it said that we were not able to secure the deed. Mr. Hutchins Inge who is a teacher in this city has helped us to raise some money; and ~ thought I would ask you to do all that you could any amount will be acceptable, but please think how very much we need help and do all you can. I have undertaken to raise one hundred dollars by the first of April. I hope you and yours are well. There are only three of us my hus4~9