The Booker T. Washington Papers, Vol.3, page 80, Sept. 1890, U. of Illinois Press

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The BOOKER T. WASHINGTON Papers seventy-five, giving me only a surplus of ten dollars for clothing, shoes and so forth, for the children and myself. That was why when we were making arrangements for the summer, I asked you to, pay my children's fare from Boston to Tuskegee, and let me repay you when we are settled at the latter place. I told you at the time, that if I had the care of your children during the summer, my salary would not enable me to pay their fare. If you have forgotten that conversation, we will be obliged to, make new arrangements. With regard to the children calling each other brother and sister, I will do the best I can. The custom Is distinctively southern, and one with which I have had no personal contact. As I understand it, the eldest girl is called sister and the eldest boy brother, not only by the family, but by outsiders as well. Do you wish Portia and Baker to call Davidson brother? You may or may not know that Baker seriously objects to being called brother. I have often heard him tell the teachers at Tuskegee that his name was not brother but Baker. I shall not be able to go to Nantucket tomorrow, as I had intended, on account of Davidson's teeth, and shall not go' until after you come this way again. That little front tooth cut through the gum Saturday Aug. 30th, and now the left eye tooth is nearly through. The children are all well, and Portia begins to show the benefit of her summer's visit. She put on a dress, the other day, that she has not worn for four or five weeks, and she laughed to find that it had grown both tight and short. She shows as great a change in temperament as in physique, she is so much more cheerful and childlike than she was. She sleeps well and as a child should, and has an excellent appetite. We are still having very warm weather, yesterday was decidedly uncomfortable, but today is not as warm. D. S. King ALS Con. ~7 BTW Papers DLC. From Portia Marshall Washington Hanover Mass. Sept. s/go Dear Papa, I have been going to school four days now. The first day I was homesick, but I am not now, I am having a good time every day, 80