The Booker T. Washington Papers, Vol.4, page 47, Oct. 1895, U. of Illinois Press

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O C T O B E R · I 8 9 5 an Educator of the Head and the hand too, and I am in the same notion that I heretofore Wrote to you of sending my oldest Son which is 20 twenty years of age and is now peeing these lines to you the reason that I have not made any further efforts in sending him, the rest of my Children was so small until I needed his assistance to help me to sustain them, and just as soon as I can I want him to Walk out and hold up a light for the rest of my Children to see how to 'walk by. I am still yet unable to send him as I need his assistance for a while yet but I expect to send him just as soon as Possible and please Write me do you still hold the same Inducement as you have in the past which was to work so many Hours in the day and go to school so many Hours at night the first year was good for two years Schooling hence. for I do not want to see him with a white ']acket and an apron on Dead-heading in a Hotel because I want him to learn a trade and my Daughters part I had rather see them Burried at Sea makeing their way to Liberia than rolling the White child around the Streets and the clerk a winking at her. now please send me one of your Catalogues. yours Ben. Bell. Sr ALS Con. 8 BTW Papers ATT. Original destroyed. From William Henry Baldwin' Jr. Atlanta October 4, :895 Dear Sir: I return you herewith Mr. Taylor's letter to you. I wrote Mr. Taylor immediately in reply to his communication, and have the matter under most serious investigation. ~ have had the conductor off ever since I heard of it, and I shall take proper steps to see that such a disgraceful scene will not occur again. I do not yet know the full merits in the case. On Mr. Taylor's simple statement of the fact, it is a perfect outrage. I shall not let up on this matter until I know all the facts and until justice is done. I was very much mortified to hear of the complaint. I had meant to write you before this and to tell you how much I was impressed with your speech at the opening of the Exposition. I knew you would make just such a speech, and I told many people before that you would say just the right thing, because your work is 47