The Booker T. Washington Papers, Vol.2, page 480, Sept. 1888, U. of Illinois Press

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The BOOKER T. WASHINGTON Papers and I hope you will come to my assistance in the future, or rather now. It seems that when I get straight to do well, something happens. You know how works run during campaigns. Booker it seems that once a year I get in hard luck. ~ dont see why either, for I can truly say that I work, but you know how it is on Coal works. You have been on works yourself. I have been home once in twelve months, I am going to leave here after this Winter. As Mr Callaway2 is going to stay here this winter I will leave Hettie and the baby3 with them. You see coke works have been dull all summer and that threw a great deal of responsibility upon me. If he (Aaron) could have worked on the Coke yard I could have made something, and he cant work in the mines. Booker, can walk arid talk, and is just as smart as he can be. Hettie sends much love to you arid family. You have never said a word about your boy yet. Kiss the children for me. Mr & Mrs Callaway4 send their regards to you all, and say you all must come again. I would be glad for you to send the rec'ds to me, and ~ will try and sell them for you. Let me know if you are coming home this Fall. I would like much to see you. It has been over two years since I saw you last. Arena and husband send love to you. They lost their little baby since I wrote to you last. Please write me a good long letter, for ~ enjoy reading your letters more than any others I receive. Dont fail please to send me a little money if it is not more than Five dollars I will pay you when I get to teaching now, trust me once wont you? Your Brother Jas B. Washington ALS Con. ~7 BTW Papers DLC. ~ A No. ~ teaching certificate. 2 Aaron Galloway, listed in the 1870 census as a twenty-one-year-old black man who worked as a farm laborer in Payetteville Township, W.Va. 3 Booker Galloway?] Washington. 4 Mariah Calloway, listed in the 1870 census as a nineteen-year-old mulatto. To Rosa Mason Tuskegee, Ala., Sept. 4 1888 Miss Mason: On or before to morrow please give me an answer to the following: the position of Lady Principal is now vacant. Will you 480