WASHINGTON BOOKER T Letter Signed to painter William Bailey

Sale 2699 - Lot 75

Price Realized: $ 375

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Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600

WASHINGTON, BOOKER T. Letter Signed, to painter William Bailey Faxon, soliciting a donation to the Institute and sending a brochure [not present]. 1 page, 4to, "Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institution" stationery; some chipping along right edge with minor loss to text, folds, faint toning to all edges. Tuskegee, 20 November 1906

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". . . The students pay their own board, partly in cash and partly in labor, but are unable to pay the tuition in addition, which is Fifty Dollars a year for each one. . . . Our endowment is not yet sufficient to enable us to pay the expenses without asking for help. . . ."