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.4 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, 1895-98, pp. 1-2 Sept. 1895, pp. 3-45 Oct. 1895, pp. 46-68 Nov. 1895, pp. 68-88 Dec. 1895, pp. 88-98 Jan. 1896, pp. 98-108 Feb. 1896, pp. 109-125 Mar. 1896, pp. 125-152 Apr. 1896, pp. 152-167 May 1896, pp. 168-175 June 1896, pp. 175-187 July 1896, pp. 187-204 Aug. 1896, pp. 204-208 Sept. 1896, pp. 208-223 Oct. 1896, pp. 223-230 Nov. 1896, pp. 230-240 Dec. 1896, pp. 241-252 Jan. 1897, pp. 252-259 Feb. 1897, pp. 259-262 Mar. 1897, pp. 262-269 Apr. 1897, pp. 269-276 May 1897, pp. 276-289 June 1897, pp. 290-307 July 1897, pp. 307-316 Aug. 1897, pp. 316-324 Sept. 1897, pp. 325-329 Oct. 1897, pp. 330-336 Nov. 1897, pp. 336-345 Dec. 1897, pp. 346-358 Jan. 1898, pp. 359-377 Feb. 1898, pp. 377-385 Mar. 1898, pp. 386-399 Apr. 1898, pp. 399-414 May 1898, pp. 414-425 June 1898, pp. 425-437 July 1898, pp. 437-453 Aug. 1898, pp. 454-459 Sept. 1898, pp. 460-478 Oct. 1898, pp. 478-500 Nov. 1898, pp. 500-524 Dec. 1898, pp. 524-554 Addendum, pp. 555-556 Bibliography, pp. 557-560 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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JANUARY · I 898 From William A. Pledger Atlanta, Gal, Jan. 6th 1898 My Dear Mr. Washington, I have your letter or rather telegram of this date and shall try to be in your town an Saturday morning. If I should have to go on to Washington without seeing you you must bear in mind that I will be at your command when there as same as if I had seen you before going. You must in the future feel that I can be commanded by you without being seen by you. I told Fortune that I was satisfied that his theory of you was the correct one. ~ am your friend and when you need me call me. I shall stand by you in the future and you shall see it. I think that I shall get over on the Saturday morning train, but if I should not talk to me freely by letter. Fortune will tell you that I am no hypocrit. What I am I am. You take care of the youth at your school and I will take care of the wise-acres. You see me work and when you are pleased remind me that you are a prop. Yours Sincerely, W. A. Pledger TLS Con. ~44 BTW Papers DLC. From William E. Benson !tKowaliga, Ala.] Jan 7th ~ 898 Dear Mr. Washington: I herewith enclose the endorsement which you gave me some time ago. I endeavored to have you feel my exact position this afternoon, with regard to your withdrawing the endorsement which I have so extensively advertised and honorably sustained, and which now, because of these facts, to withdraw at so critical a time would be unpleasant for both of us, because ~ cannot have your letter to back up the footing that I have even Seedy made. In this case it were better that you had not given me a letter at all; and even though I had not made so great headway as ~ have with your endorsement as a basis to work on, however poorly I might have succeeded it would have been genuine, and I should not now find myself standing in space with rho conceivable support, nor evidence of any by which I could 359