The Booker T. Washington Papers, Vol.4, page 360, Jan. 1898, U. of Illinois Press

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The BOOKER T. WASHINGTON Papers have reached such a position. However, I do not contend for the letter, still ~ cannot see how you could give anybody my endorsement, which is as I consider purely individual and not general. I fully appreeiate your point in not having out too many letters &e, but if you notice you do not make an appeal for me at all but simply by testifying as to my individuality gives me an opportunity to make an appeal. It was from this view that I asked your consideration this after-noon, and as you did not give me any definite understanding, I return the letter with the request that it be forwarded me to the address given, if you should decide to let me keep it. Yours very sincerely Wm. E. Benson ALS Con. ~36 BTW Papers DLC. To Mary Elizabeth Preston Stearns ''Tuskegee, Ala., ea. Jan. 8 ,, 1898] My dear Mrs. Stearns: I put this letter in type so that you will have no trouble to read it. After you have read it I fear you will become very much disgusted, and disappointed in me. But I think you have faith enough in me to know that I am trying to do that which is for the best interest of the school, and were it not for the feet that I know your deep interest in our work will cause you to be willing to make any reasonable personal sacrifice, ~ should hesitate to write you. What I refer to is regarding the name of the new agricultural building. When you and I discussed the naming of the new agricultural building I was not aware that the Slater Fund trustees had any special plan or desire regarding the name of the ' building. It now turns out that from the first it has been-the wish and plan of the Slater trustees to have all the buildings erected at their suggestion at Hampton and Tuskegee bear the name: ''Armstrong and Slater Memorial'' (Agrieultural Building) &e. You will, I think, remember that I told you that the Slater Fund trustees are to give us $3000 annually for the support of the Agricultural building and when we get the Trades 360