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APRIL · I 890 two of which are quite large and a very large hall running through the house. The family who has just moved out of the house used the back part of this has as a Dining Room having a screen in front. There is a kitchen and one other room detached from the main part of the house perhaps co or 30 ft. distant. These two rooms I do not think are in very good condition but I think the landlord would improve them. This house presents a very pretty appearance and I think you would like its surroundings. There are at least two acres of land belonging to it divided into three parts one of which is used as a cow pasture, a garden and the other which is partly covered with trees makes a pretty grove. It is one of the most picturesque and pretty places in Town and I think you and Mrs Penney would fall in love with it. Of course it would be very much better if you could be nearer the school. There is a house that you may remember which has a number of large trees in front of it just opposite the school grounds, which has four rooms under one roof and two rooms ~o or ~5 ft. distant from the main house. This house I think you would like perhaps better as it is practically on the school grounds, but I am not quite sure that the present tenant could be gotten out of it ~by] Sept. fist. I trust I have made myself clear in all matters, and if I have not, I shall be glad to give you any other information in my power. I remember you mentioning my call being formal and definite so that you can use it with the A. M. A.3 In case you are inclined to think favorably of what I offer, ~ shad be glad to put the proposition in a more formal and definite shape. Please be kind enough to remember me to the children and Mrs Penney, Yours truly, HLpS Con. ~o6 BTW Papers DLC. B. T. Washington Edgar James Penney (~852-~935) was born in Oxford, Ga. He graduated in the first class of Atlanta University (~876~. He was ordained a Congregationalist minister at the Andover Theological Seminary in 1880. From 18 to 1907 he served as chaplain of Tuskegee Institute and dean of the Phelps Hall Bible School. After leaving Tuskegee, Penney was connected with a small industrial school for blacks in Braxton, Miss., and served as pastor of a white church in Mason City, Iowa ( ~ 9 ~ ~ - ~ 3 ) . In ~ 9 ~ 6 he was living in Oklahoma. 2 John W. Whittaker. 3 American Missionary Association. 53