The Booker T. Washington Papers, Vol.4, page 453, July 1898, U. of Illinois Press

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J U L Y · I 8 9 8 From James Carroll Napier' Nashville. Tenn., ~uly-29-98 Dear Sir: Your letter of July ~ lath was duly received. A little trip in the country and urgent matters of business have caused my delay in making reply. We enjoyed the visit of you and Mrs. Washington to our city and our home, very much indeed. The pleasure which your visit afforded us makes any effort on your part to express thanks unnecessary. The little matter of the check was promptly attended to the morning after your departure immediately upon my calling upon Mr. Shaw.2 A day or two thereafter, the enclosed check arid receipt were sent me by the young lady in whose hands you had placed it at Fisk University. Mr. Shaw asked me to forward these to him as soon as I received them, but not knowing his address, I failed to do so. I trust that when you forward them to him you will say to him that my failure to do so was due to the fact that I did not have his Boston address. I think that you have no earthly reason to be dissatisfied with your speech in Nashville. I have heard it spoken of by a number of Nashville people as well as Northern visitors and every one seemed to be highly pleased with the effort. Your idea of the relations of the races in this country seems to! be the popular one and takes well wherever it is expressed whether before a black, white or mixed audience. My wife and my Mother join me in kindest regards to you and Mrs. Washington and trust that you may again soon, come this way. Yours truly, J. C. Napier TLS Con. ~44 BTW Papers DLC. ~ James Carroll Napier, BTW's principal black supporter in Tennessee, was born near Nashville in 1848. He attended local schools until 1859, when he enrolled at Wilberforce and later at Oberlin. After working in the War Department during the Civil War, Napier obtained a clerkship in the Treasury Department and also earned a law degree from Howard University in ~ 873 and married John Mercer Langston's daughter. In 1870 and from 1878 to 1884 he served on the Nashville City Council. He was on the Republican state executive committee for sixteen years. Napier was a founder in 1903 of the One Cent Savings Bank, where he worked for many years as cashier. While practicing law and engaging in banking, 453