The Booker T. Washington Papers, Vol.3, page 573, Sept. 1895, U. of Illinois Press

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SEPTEMBER ~ I 895 an address in connection with the opening exercises of the Exposition, September ~ 8th. Allow me to say in reply that I appreciate the honor of this invitation, not so much in a personal sense, but in the recognition of the race. In accepting the invitation I beg to assure you and your Board of Directors that the colored people of this country will not forget the generosity with which, as a race, they have been treated at every stage of the progress of the Exposition. It will be my aim to make my remarks of service to the Exposition especially the colored department and to both races in the South. Thanking you for the honor, I am, Yours respectfully, iBooker T. Washington] TL Copy Con. 863 BOW Papers DLC. From Julius Sterling Mormons Washington, D.G. September 5, 1895 Dear Sir: You are hereby authorized to make investigations on the nutritive value and economy of human foods in the State of Alabama, which shall include dietary studies and statistics of food supply arid consumption of negroes, in accordance with directions to be given you by Prof. W. O. Atwater, Special Agent of this Department in charge of nutrition investigations, for which you will be paid a sum not to exceed $~50, all work to be completed and reported in form for publication not later than June 30, 1896, to be paid for out of the funds appropriated for nutrition investigations for the fiscal year ending June 30, ~ 896, and payment to be made in two instalments at the discretion of the Director of the Office of Experiment Stations. Respectfully, J. Sterling Morton Secretary TLS Con. 863 BTW Papers DLC. Written on stationery of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. ~ Julius Sterling Morton (~832-~go~) was Secretary of Agriculture under President Grover Cleveland. Though he had founded Arbor Day in Nebraska in the 1870s, as an advocate of governmental economy Secretary Morton halted during his term the free distribution of seeds by congressmen to farmers. 573