The Booker T. Washington Papers, Vol.3, page 224, Apr. 1892, U. of Illinois Press

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The BOOKER T. WASHINGTON Papers had asked Mr. Calloway2 to do so, telling you that he thought he would have to charge his arrangement and speak there on the c5 and here on the 26. This I told Mr. Douglass I could not agree to and he asked me to see you, which I attempted to do when I was in Montgomery last night but you were gone from your place of business, that he would have to re-arrange his plan and speak in Montgomery on the night of the 26th leaving here in the evening to be with you for your meeting. This arrangement he says will be final. If you have not already done so you will receive a letter from him or from Mr. Calloway, his agent, speaking of this matter. He is very sorry, as well as myself, that so many changes have had to be made. I hope you wiD not misunderstand me in the matter. Having Mr. Douglass come here is a matter of business. It will be hard for you to understand the great amount of expense I have had To go] through to accomplish this purpose. In addition to getting Mr. Douglass here I have to pay a man to accompany him on this trip, and you see it wild not be proper treatment of us for him, after accepting our invitation, to go to another place near by and speak before coming to us. All public lecturers are very careful in a matter of this kind. It has taken me nearly six months to arrange this trip and ~I] have had to bring pressure to bear from a very large number of sources in order to get Mr. Douglass to come. I write you these facts early so' that you may know what to depend on. In case this arrangement is carried out I shall do all I can to make your meeting in Montgomery a success. I shall see that the exercises here are closed in plenty of time to allow Mr. Douglass to take the train for Montgomery and also make an announcement if you desire it of the meeting. As he will have a different subject there many will be attracted to your meeting from our Commencement. I am perfectly willing to co-operate with you and the Montgomery people in any way I can, but at the same time I must keep in Mew the interest of this institution, for it is the institution's money that is being spent. I think you will receive a letter from Mr. Douglass or Mr. Calloway either tomorrow or next day. Yours truly B. T. Washington TLpS Con. ~o6 BTW Papers DLC. ~ Alex C. Bradford, a black barber in Montgomery. According to the evidence of the 1880 census, he would have been about forty-seven in 1892. 2 Thomas [unius Calloway? 224