The Booker T. Washington Papers, Vol.3, page 15, Nov. 1889, U. of Illinois Press

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NOVEMBER · I 889 ~ Albert G. Davis of Montgomery entered Tuskegee Institute in the night school in 1886. He graduated in 1889. From 18 to 1895 he worked out of Selma, Ala., as a railway mail agent on the Mobile and Ohio Railroad. He married Sylvia Robertson Howard, an ~ 8 graduate of Tuskegee. The Tuskegee catalog in 1898-99 reported that he resided in Birmingham, ''present employment unknown.'' In 1904 he asked BTW to use his influence in behalf of his right to teach, as Isaac W. Hill, state superintendent of education, had accused Davis of speculating in teachers' certificates and threatened to revoke his own. Davis vowed that he was innocent, but BTW replied that he would give Davis no public endorsement. Davis then threatened to expose Washington through a story to the Boston Guardian as a man unconcerned about the welfare of his graduates. It is probable that at some time Davis served a jail term, for in 1907 BTW wrote to Joseph 0. Thompson, the U.S. internal revenue collector in Birmingham, enclosing a letter from Davis. BTW said: ''Without using my name, I thought I would say in this connection, that Mr. [Belton] Gilreath has informed me that he is thinking of using some such case as this as a test to find out if persons can be incarcerated for long terms, after serving out their sentence to cover costs, etc. at the same time.'' (Davis to BTW, Sept. 2e, 1904, BTW to Davis, Sept. 27, 1904, Davis to BTW, Oct. 6, 1904, all in Con. 187, BTW to Joseph 0. Thompson, Oct. 7, 1907, Con. 362, BTW Papers, DLC. ~ From Mary Elizabeth Preston Stearns College Hill, tMass.] Nov 8th 89 Dear Mr Washington, Your kind note found me in bed, from which ~ am now sitting up in a wrapper trying hard to be alive. You are good to think of me with so much sympathy. ~ want Stop ask you to come to see me, but am not strong enough yet. The shirts did not reach you last Spring owing to forgetfulness on the part of the messenger. I will send them tomorrow if happily you have not flown. On that case they will be brought back & this note can be forwarded. You sent me a beautiful Photo of dear Olivia. Sweet Saint Olivia. Most dear, and near to God, and His Angels. May she strengthen us all! And forever inspire your heart, hands, and mind. Kiss the little darlings She left behind. ~ am glad they are well— and wish I could give Tuskegee Voodoo. I could, but for R R losses. Too tired for another word. Always your friend M. E. S. ALI Con. 97 BTW Papers DLC. 1889, ibid. Enclosed in Stearns to BTW, Nov. ~7, ~5