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The BOOKER T. WASHINGTON Papers State (~867~. In 1875 he graduated from Harvard Divinity School and a year later became pastor of the First Unitarian Church in Boston. He was editor of the Christian Register for sixteen years and from 1897 to 1899 he served one term as a Republican congressman from Massachusetts. He was also a well-known New York journalist and a leading expert on prison reform. From Moo to 1909 he was corresponding secretary of the New York Prison Commission. From Timothy Thomas Fortune New York, Sept Id, 189 Personal My dear Professor: Circumstances I could not control have placed me in an embarrassing position, and if possible I would like you to help me out of it. I have got to meet a note of Moo October I, and I cannot do it. I want you to advance me Moo on note, with interest, for six months, if you can possibly do so. You can hardly have a doubt that the note would be taken up promptly at maturity. You would render me a greater service by the accommodation than I can hope to render you. The League and Press conventions and the Haytian Mission contest have knocked my finances higher than Gilderoy's kite, and I must have time to recover or suffer seriously in credit and otherwise. I know of no friend that I can approach with more confidence than yourself in this emergency. I would like to spend two or three weeks at Tuskegee this winter, and shall give.you a week if I get my affairs straight and decide to go to Florida. With kind regards, and hoping to hear from you soon, Yours truly, T. Thomas Fortune ALS Con. ~ BTW Papers DLC. From Amanda Fergu son iohr~ston maiden West Va Sept the ~ 5 ~ 89 ~ Der Bro i waited to Here when yu was comeing But recived no word so i am compell to write Hope this may find.. all well & Doing the 172