Vol.1: Autobiog. Vol.2: 1860-1889 Vol.3: 1889-1895 Vol.4: 1895-1898 Vol.5: 1899-1900 Vol.6: 1901-1902 Vol.7: 1903-1904 Vol.8: 1904-1906 Vol.9: 1906-1908 Vol.10: 1909-11 Vol.11: 1911-12 Vol.12: 1912-14 Vol.13: 1914-15 Vol.14: Index           All Writings Vol.1: Autobiog. Vol.2: 1860-1889 Vol.3: 1889-1895 Vol.4: 1895-1898 Vol.5: 1899-1900 Vol.6: 1901-1902 Vol.7: 1903-1904 Vol.8: 1904-1906 Vol.9: 1906-1908 Vol.10: 1909-11 Vol.11: 1911-12 Vol.12: 1912-14 Vol.13: 1914-15
Volume 1: Autobiographical Writings Volume 2: 1860-1889 Volume 3: 1889-1895 Volume 4: 1895-1898 Volume 5: 1899-1900 Volume 6: 1901-1902 Volume 7: 1903-1904 Volume 8: 1904-1906 Volume 9: 1906-8 Volume 10: 1909-11 Volume 11: 1911-12 Volume 12: 1912-14 Volume 13: 1914-15 Volume 14: Cumulative Index   BTWP Vol.3 Linked Table of Contents Front Matter, pp. i-vi Contents, pp. vii-xx Introduction, pp. xxi-xxiv Errata, pp. xxv-xxvi Chronology, pp. xxvii-xxviii Symbols and Abbreviations, pp. xxix-xxx Documents 1889-95, pp. 1-2 May 1889, pp. 3-4 Aug. 1889, pp. 4-5 Sept. 1889, pp. 6-7 Oct. 1889, pp. 7-13 Nov. 1889, pp. 13-20 Dec. 1889, pp. 20-22 Jan. 1890, pp. 23-32 Feb. 1890, pp. 32-33 Mar. 1890, pp. 33-44 Apr. 1890, pp. 44-53 May 1890, pp. 54-60 June 1890, pp. 60-65 July 1890, pp. 65-71 Aug. 1890, pp. 71-78 Sept. 1890, pp. 78-85 Oct. 1890, pp. 85-96 Nov. 1890, pp. 96-109 Dec. 1890, pp. 109-118 Jan. 1891, pp. 118-127 Feb. 1891, pp. 127-134 Mar. 1891, pp. 134-136 Apr. 1891, pp. 136-151 May 1891, pp. 151-155 June 1891, pp. 155-159 July 1891, pp. 159-162 Aug. 1891, pp. 162-170 Sept. 1891, pp. 171-173 Oct. 1891, pp. 174-177 Nov. 1891, pp. 177-198 Dec. 1891, pp. 199-202 Jan. 1892, pp. 202-210 Feb. 1892, pp. 210-221 Mar. 1892, pp. 222-223 Apr. 1892, pp. 223-225 May 1892, pp. 225-233 June 1892, pp. 233-242 July 1892, pp. 242-255 Aug. 1892, pp. 255-263 Sept. 1892, pp. 263-265 Oct. 1892, pp. 266-270 Nov. 1892, pp. 270-271 Dec. 1892, pp. 272-279 Jan. 1893, pp. 279-290 Feb. 1893, pp. 290-304 Mar. 1893, pp. 304-306 Apr. 1893, pp. 306-316 May 1893, pp. 317-349 June 1893, pp. 349-352 July 1893, pp. 353-355 Aug. 1893, pp. 355-364 Sept. 1893, pp. 364-367 Oct. 1893, pp. 368-370 Nov. 1893, pp. 371-379 Dec. 1893, pp. 380-382 Jan. 1894, pp. 382-389 Feb. 1894, pp. 389-393 Mar. 1894, pp. 393-396 Apr. 1894, pp. 396-412 May 1894, pp. 413-449 June 1894, pp. 449-449 July 1894, pp. 449-461 Aug.1894, pp. 461-463 Sept.1894, pp. 463-480 Oct. 1894, pp. 480-484 Nov. 1894, pp. 484-486 Dec. 1894 , pp. 486-494 ca. 1894-95, pp. 495-495 Jan. 1895, pp. 496-506 Feb. 1895, pp. 506-535 1 Mar. 1895-30 Dec. 1895, pp. 536-542 Mar. 1895, pp. 542-544 Apr. 1895, pp. 544-553 May 1895, pp. 553-557 June 1895, pp. 557-563 July 1895, pp. 563-567 Aug. 1895, pp. 567-572 Sept. 1895, pp. 572-587 Addendum, pp. 588-589 Bibliography , pp. 590-592 Photographs, pp. 593-604 The page presentation framework of the Booker T. Washington papers is designed to provide researchers worldwide with searchable access to the thousands of pages comprising the fourteen volumes, most of which are out of print. Adapted from the National Academy Press's Open Book framework, this framework allows searching down to the page level, provides sorting of search results chronologically, enables easy navigation across multiple volumes, and allows page-by-page local printing (via PDF) of every page.

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ADDENDUM To Darwin W. Esmondt Malden W.Va. Sept. lath 1879 Mr. Esmond: I learn through Miss Mary Mackie that ~ am indebted to you for your kindness in securing law-books for me. My greatest difficulty since I began the study of laws has been the want of books. The books that you secured for me will lee very valuable helps to me, and ~ fee] very grateful to you for your kindness. I have been receiving instruction this summer from a white lawyer,3 but riot very regularly. I expect to go to Hampton in two weeks, where I shall teach this year. I think ~ shall have a very good oportunity to study there. I thinly. Any help that you can give me there will be gladly received. The advice that you wrote to me a year or two ago has been very vatl~uable to me. With many thanks, I am Yours truly ALS In possession of M. A. Harris, New York City. B. T. Washington Darwin W. Esmond (ca. 1846-ca. 19~) was a lawyer in Newburgh, N.Y. 2 On BTW's study of the law, see above, ~ :26, 39~. While a student at Hampton Institute he expressed to Nathalie Lord, one of his teachers, his desire to be a lawyer. She arranged for him to study law under a teacher who had had legal training. (Lord, ''Booker Washington's School Days,'' a57-58.) 3 Romeo Hoyt Freer (~845-~9~3) was born in Trumbull County, Ohio. He attended Oberlin for one year. In 18 he volunteered in the Union Army and served until the end of the Civil War. Settling in Charleston, W.Va., he taught school for two years, read law, and was admitted to the bar in 1868. An eloquent 588